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You’ve heard about how the Grinch stole Christmas, but have you heard about how scamsters stole the credit card numbers of parents wanting a letter from Santa for their kids?
The Better Business Bureau has put out an alert about a letter scam operating just in time for the holiday season.
Many parents with young kids would love for them to have a letter from Santa. So scamsters are posting on the web with offers to send a personalized Santa letter to your kids. This is also being pitched via email for $19.95.
Now, I should note there are a lot of legitimate businesses working in this same general space too. I’m not talking about those legit players right now…
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If you sign up for any of these services — either legit or not — you’ll get the letter. That’s not the scam. The scam is that you have to fill out a form with personal info and your credit card info for the scamsters.
If you hook up with a scam organization, within minutes the thieves will be shopping online as you. In the boldest attempts, the info they steal from you can result in full blown identity theft.
What kind of lowlifes would try to pull this during the holidays?!
The BBB offers the following tips to help you steer clear of the scam websites:
This post was last modified on March 22, 2017 1:53 pm
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