Holiday Scam Survival Kit (2025): Delivery Texts, ‘Family Emergency’ Calls, Gift Card Traps

Your mom got a “package delivery problem” text. Your kid got a “free gift” link. Your CFO got a “bank fraud team” call.

Meanwhile scammers are doing holiday volume like it’s Prime Day. 📦🎄
Even the delivery-text nonsense is spiking right before Christmas (including lookalike “tracking” lures). And the “family emergency” play is getting turbocharged with AI voice clones—because apparently criminals also got a 2025 upgrade. 🙃

Here’s the simple playbook:

  • Texts: never click. Track in the app/site you type.

  • Calls: hang up + call back a saved number. Use a family codeword.

  • Money: no legit org wants gift cards / crypto / wires.

  • Marketplaces: if they push Zelle/off-platform, walk.

Question: what’s your one rule you tell friends/family that actually sticks?


Full Holiday Scam Survival Kit (2025):

https://blog.alphahunt.io/holiday-scam-survival-kit-2025-delivery-texts-family-emergency-calls-gift-card-traps


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