3 of the biggest scams making the rounds, sounds like some have been covered before if not all

Hello folks,

With the holiday season in full swing, it is more important o make sure you are paying as much attention on where you’re shopping. Why’s that? Its because scammers are using the biggest 3 scams we’ve probably talked about in the past.

1. Family emergency scam

There are probably many variations of this scam, some of them come in by telephone. They’ll tell you that a friend or family member is in danger, you need to pay to pay them money in the form of some other than something you’re familiar with and the whole thing eventually comes out all wrong.

komando’s article probably covers this better than I can, but it could be real enough.

2. Delivery scams

This hasn’t slowed at all. You get an email, text or phone call stating that you missed a delivery. If you aren’t expecting a package, don’t respond. Better yet, if you are, check with your carrier you have delivering it as they have your info.

I found a new application thanks to the AppleVis Web site called Parcel. Here is the web site for this app called Parcel – Delivery Tracking for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Here are links to download the app directly from the site:

• Download IOS
• Download Mac

They support over 300 carriers and there is a premium feature to detect shipments coming from Amazon, web access to add tracking directly from your PC and more.

They support email/password log in, as well as Apple log in which I use.

3. Too good to be true

This might be harder for us to detect, the too good to be true aspect of things. I’d say, stick to your shops you’re familiar with and don’t venture off them if you can. The advise of checking for ratings and reviews are respected and can help, as too many reviews of negative reviews can tell you that something is wrong.

The article I’m talking about this time is titled Top 3 holiday scams you and your loved ones need to know about and you should read each item carefully and its encouraged to pass this along.

Thanks so much for reading!