$19 Stanely cups, fake Amazon Prime memberships all part of holiday shopping scams circulating
Summary: Cisco Talos reports holiday shopping scams circulating in the wild, including Facebook ads offering a $19 Stanley cup that normally sells for no less than about $35, with actors taking money or credit card details through a fake ordering process and sending nothing. Scammers also set up fake Facebook pages and typo-squatted Big Lots sites, and sent mass emails to Amazon Prime, Paramount+ and Peacock subscribers claiming lapsed subscriptions with discounted or free Black Friday resubscription offers.
Bottom line: These campaigns target consumers directly through Facebook ads and subscription-lapse emails, and the Stanley cup price gap alone - $19 versus a $35 floor - is the tell that separates the scam from a real sale.
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