# 4 common scams to watch out for this holiday season

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/4-common-scams-to-watch-out-for-this-holiday-season/
- Published: 2025-12-22T09:45:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org