holiday online shopping scams

Fake advertisements for online shopping result in 125 percent increase in scams reported to BBB

December 2, 2024 | By Don O'Brien, Better Business Bureau

QUINCY — The winter holidays are the busiest shopping season of the year. Unfortunately, that means scammers will be busy, too. To help you know what to look out for this holiday season, BBB just released an update to its 2021 investigation and 2022 update on online shopping scams. Last year, we received reports from…