This option, however, was not afforded to the plaintiffs nor proposed class members, many of whom were denied access to the money on gift cards because they were deactivated and not replaced by Walmart, the case states. With regard to Walmart's apparent awareness of the unlawful tampering of its gift cards, the complaint points out that the retailer has "received enough customer complaints" that it should have known consumers were being denied access to the money loaded onto gift cards. The lawsuit proposes to cover a class of consumers across the United States who bought a compromised Walmart gift card from a Walmart retail location and who either had funds loaded onto a gift card used by a third party due to tampering or had a card or cards deactivated by Walmart prior to first use that Walmart refused to replace, reactivate or refund.