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As Halloween approaches Louisiana credit and debit card users are being warned of a new scam called "Ghost Tapping". Yes, it's pretty scary what it can do to your bank account.

Police say a Gonzales hospital employee stole an 86-year-old patient’s wallet and used the debit card in Baton Rouge and Gonzales.

With gas prices surging across the country, major payment processing firms have raised the amount of "holds" that can be put on your card when you pay at the pump.

You can get cash from the card.

Now that credit cards come with fraud resistant chips, scammers are working even harder to steal from you.

The detective on the case says Melissa Badeaux was given the card for safe keeping by someone getting treatment at medical facility.