More Than A Young Wife & Mom

The other week I posted about scams going around this holiday season. (Missed it? Read "How Not to Get Scammed This Christmas" here.) 

In that post I shared about scammy looking fly-by-night deal sites and how I thought I might have fell for one. Here is the update:

Then, last week I got an email that it's been shipped. According to the email, it should arrive in 3-5 business days. After checking the actual site, my order still shows it's just processing. I decided to wait out the week and see if it arrives...

Scams are EVERYWHERE!! Some would say they are unavoidable, and happen to everyone. I feel like lately, there's a wave of fake stuff going around and it's definitely avoidable. Maybe it's the holidays coming up but people are looking for a good deal and it can come back and bite them later. 

Here's a few on my radar:

This one always seemed off to me but has been around for years. There's just no way you're going to get between 6-36 gifts just for buying and sending someone else a gift over $10-$15. I know the thought of getting loads more gifts for the price of one is tempting but just don't do it. It's a pyramid scheme (you may get something IF you're one of the first, but others lose everything). There will only EVER be the same number of gifts as people who are participating. For example, 10 sisters  = 10 gifts. Where do the extra gifts come from?  If one person gets 6 gifts and the next gets 6, all the other 8 sisters get nothing. This is also illegal btw. These are also being reborn as a wine exchange, book exchange and who knows what else. Also, you are giving away your personal information (although basic - name and address) to other people. Just something to keep in mind. See Snopes' video on it here.