The IHOP gift cards are available within the restaurant or on the website. Also, some retailers do sell these gift cards to customers. Whenever you purchase a gift card, make sure that the packaging is fresh and fine. Any ripped, altered, or manipulated packaging indicates faulty cards that often lead to many fraudulent cases. Additionally, one must never disclose their card’s number or PIN to anyone. Some scammers do send false letters prompting the customers to participate in so and so contests that may land you in trouble. There are different scams that take place with the customers such as IRS Scam, Grandparents scam, Mystery Shopper scam, etc.