Another type of scam which can be found over the holidays is the parcel delivery scam. Once again, this scam is not limited to the holiday season, but because of the greater number of purchases which occur around the holiday season, it is more prevalent.
The scam works as follows: if a person is expecting a parcel from family or friends (once again, all too common over the holidays), a scammer may call or email you pretending to be from a logistics or parcel delivery service (UPS or FedEx or the like or even the U.S postal service). The scammer will claim that a non-existent parcel could not be delivered to you. They will offer to redeliver the product in exchange for your personal information (of course they will hide this as "security" trying to make certain that you are the person for whom the delivery was intended).
The best remedy for this is to contact the company directly (or the USPS directly) and do not give out any personal information to a third party whom you have not verified.
If you have already given out your personal information, contact your bank or credit card company immediately.
NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS BLOG IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE NOR
IS IT INTENDED TO BE LEGAL ADVICE.IF
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