4 common scams to watch out for this holiday season

Image credit: pikisuperstar via Freepik. Article by Marielle Segarra and Margaret Cirino. NPR – December 19, 2025.

It’s easy to lose our critical thinking skills around the holidays. In a frenzy of last-minute gift shopping and travel bookings, we can be more anxious, more distracted and more vulnerable. “There’s a lot of hustle and bustle during the holiday season, so there’s a lot more opportunities for scammers to steal from us,” says Amy Nofziger, senior director of Fraud Victim Support at the AARP Fraud Watch Network, a fraud prevention service. […]

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