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How Scammers Use the Holiday Season to Steal Your Money, Information
Chase and Baltimore Police held a scam education event warning holiday shoppers about phishing, fake websites, and delivery impersonation during increased online activity.
- Recently, Chase and the Baltimore Police Department hosted a joint event to teach consumers scam-avoidance steps and distributed concrete holiday shopping tips and resources.
- During the holiday season, scammers particularly increase activity to steal money and information, exploiting holiday shoppers' generosity and relaxed guards with spoofed businesses and unrealistic deals.
- Among common tricks, cybersecurity experts warn QR-code "quishing" redirects to dummy sites, fake-refund texts mimic agencies, and phishing/smishing target shoppers with fake sign-in and delivery messages.
- To protect purchases, avoid public Wi‑Fi and verify "https://" URLs, use buyer-protected payment methods on marketplace platforms, and if scammed, report to police or the FTC, contact your bank, change passwords, and enroll in monitoring.
- Security firms and law enforcement note scammers may use pre-saved card details or expired cards and launch whaling attacks, urging consumers and executives to use credit and identity monitoring services.
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