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# Tips for avoiding online holiday shopping scams
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/newshour/extras/holiday-scams-1765140702/
- Published: 2025-12-07T23:15:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-07T23:30:17.000Z
- Description: Shopping for holiday gifts online? Here are tips for avoiding scams
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS News Hour, #ZZZ_Show_fe87d6dc-6a0c-4ffb-800c-e787276ea730, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_861e2d6a-5d3d-43e7-8078-9e042f8737f2, #extra

With the gift-giving season just around the corner, shoppers looking for good deals are getting savvier — but so are holiday scammers. Last year, scams involving items that were either counterfeit or never delivered cost people more than $700 million. Ali Rogin speaks with Alissa Abdullah, deputy chief security officer for Mastercard, to learn more.