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AI-Powered Scams Surge This Holiday Season: Protect Yourself from Fake Deliveries, Prize Alerts, and More

AI-Powered Scams Surge This Holiday Season: Protect Yourself from Fake Deliveries, Prize Alerts, and More

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 So picture this. You’re scrolling through your phone, minding your own business, when a text pops up. Your package is delayed, click here to fix it. Or maybe it’s a prize alert, you’ve won a free iPhone, just pay shipping. Sounds familiar? Yeah, that’s the new holiday soundtrack, and it’s all AI-powered scams. McAfee’s latest survey shows fake prize alerts and package delivery problems are the top lures this season, followed by refund notices, subscription renewals, and loyalty point reminders. And here’s the kicker—these messages don’t look like they’re written by someone who failed English 101. They’re polished, personalized, and scary convincing because AI is crafting them.

Just last week in Mountain Home, Arkansas, a joint operation with the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and the FBI took down three suspected money mules. One guy, Melvin K. Colvin from Everett, Washington, showed up claiming to be an FBI agent sent by a scammer in Jamaica to collect $250,000 from an 86-year-old man who was actually a decoy. Another, Samar Nawaz from New Jersey, was sent by an India-based scammer to pick up $60,000 in bait money from a 95-year-old decoy. And a third, Fardin Hossain Talah from Brooklyn, walked right into a trap accepting a box of movie prop cash and $500 real dollars. All three are now facing felony charges, and honestly, good.

But here’s what you need to know. Scammers are using AI to generate fake product listings with perfect-looking images of luxury items or hard-to-find toys at prices that should make your spider sense tingle. They’re cloning real charity websites or creating fake ones with AI-generated videos and sob stories. And they’re building fake retail sites in minutes using AI website builders, complete with slightly misspelled URLs that are easy to miss. Norton researchers are seeing hundreds of these malicious sites pop up every single day.

Phishing is still the main doorway, but now it’s smarter. If you get a text or email about a delivery problem, refund, or prize, don’t click the link. Go directly to the retailer or carrier’s app or website. Turn on multi-factor authentication everywhere, use strong unique passwords, and avoid public Wi-Fi for shopping or banking. If a deal sounds too good to be true, it is. Stick with trusted retailers, watch for bait-and-switch scams, and never give out your Social Security number or bank details over text or email.

And remember, no legitimate law enforcement agency is going to call you about jury duty and demand payment in cryptocurrency. That Branch County woman in Michigan learned that the hard way, losing thousands at a Bitcoin kiosk after being told she’d be arrested if she didn’t pay. If you get that call, hang up. Period.

Stay sharp, stay skeptical, and stay safe out there. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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