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“Sleigh-bells ring, are you listening?” goes the opening lyric of one of those Christmas songs that you

This time, instead of warning about things that can hurt you, we’re going to concentrate on things that

The holidays are here! Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday have all come and gone, and the gift buying season is well underway. It’s the biggest money maker of the year for businesses, and for the swarms of scammers out there.

Triple Trouble this time! Con games are appearing on the internet, on the phone, and in the mail. First off, a lot of people use the internet to keep up with their favorite celebrities, and in some cases, that turns out to be very dangerous. Then, up in New Castle, Indiana, people are getting bogus text messages on their phones, saying that the local police chief –and they use Chief Matt Schofield’s name – is conducting an investigation into cellphone scamming, and telling them to call a phone number. Finally, one of our listeners got a scary document in the mail. It looked exactly like it came from the Indiana Department of Transportation.

Well, it’s that time of year again – the Holidays are fast approaching, and this year there’s less time than usual between Thanksgiving, right at the end of this month, and the gift-giving holidays in December. Chances are you are going to be doing at least some of your shopping on the internet. Here’s some things to watch out for.