Omo, na wetin dem dey call festive period? Na time wey people dey show love, but e be like say scammers dey chop the love too! This holiday season, make nobody deceive you o. Fraud no dey sleep! Dem don sabi how to collect our hard-earned money like say na jollof rice dem wan chop.

You sabi say as we dey rush go buy Christmas gifts, scammers dey wait for us like hawks wey dey stalk birds? Real talk! Pipo dey online dey shop, dey donate to churches, and in all that wahala, e dey easy to fall for their trick. LaKrissia Bowden don talk am well; no click link wey you no trust! E fit be say you wan buy gift for person and dem don already drain your gift card before you even unwrap am. Abeg, shine your eye!

Part of di wahala, be say dem dey use artificial intelligence create fake ads wey go make you believe say na genuine product. Clay Campbell from Better Business Bureau don warn us, make we no dey click links. E get better way; just go directly to the shipping provider with your tracking information. No let anybody use your rush to scam you.

And no be only that one o, dem dey drop fake job offers wey go promise you sweet pay and remote work. Dem go collect your details finish, and you no go see anything like salary again. You go wonder wetin happen to your money. Even those lottery and cryptocurrency offers wey sweet too, na scam! Dem go show you holograms like magic, but when you want collect your money, na wahala you go face. Average loss na about $140,000! I beg, how you go collect that kind money back?

Imposter schemes dey reign supreme too! Picture say you dey chill for your house, suddenly you receive urgent call from person wey dey pretend say dem be bank worker, dey beg you make you transfer money sharp-sharp. E fit be your bank, but if you no sabi the voice, shine your eye! Traveling pipo too dey face their own share of wahala as some airline agents don turn scammers. One travel expert, Clint Henderson talk am well, dem don hack his airline miles; talk of heartbreak! So, no be small matter for the naija people.

As we dey go, make we dey look sharp, because scammers dey change tactics like wey they change bazin. Dem dey use fake charity schemes, pet scams, and even romance schemers wey go sweet-talk you till you go dey believe say na true love. E be like say na only the thief wey fit show concern for your feelings, and before you know am, money don waka!

Di signs dey clear: urgency, secrecy, and payment methods wey no fit return your money. Before you send your hard-earned cash to anybody wey you neva meet, talk to person wey you trust first. Make we keep our eyes open, and no make this Christmas turn to season of scam. Better knowledge na power!