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Giant Customer's Gas Points Stolen

Woman warns against having a phone number connected to supermarket rewards accounts.

A local woman had her supermarket gas rewards points used without her permission.

Burke resident Jennifer Milton had built up points through the popular local Giant gas rewards program. Through the program, Giant customers can earn points for every dollar they spend on groceries or prescriptions, with bonus points for purchasing certain combinations of items. The points are then redeemable at local participating Shell gasoline stations—100 points earns customers 10-cents off a gallon of gas. 

The person who used her points was able to do so because Milton’s phone number was connected to her Giant rewards card, and the phone number can be used as a substitute for the Giant rewards card account number.

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The Giant grocery store in Lake Ridge is located next to a Sunoco gas station on Old Bridge Road. are located throughout Woodbridge. 

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