Social Media User? Expect to be Targeted by Holiday Shopping Scammers

The holiday shopping season is here and, as recent trends show, more Americans are likely to engage digitally when buying gifts for friends, family and co-workers.

Increasingly, shoppers are skimming through social media sites like Meta Platforms’  (META) – Get Free Report Facebook , Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter to rack up some holiday sales discounts.

While most social media shopping ads are legitimate and do offer good discounts, there are disturbingly increased incidents of bad actors out to scam shoppers who use social media to buy goods and services.