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Holiday gift exchange scam facebook11/1/2023 ![]() The letter promises that if they follow the same procedure, your name will gradually move to the top of the list and you’ll receive money-lots of it.” You are then instructed to mail copies of the letter to a few more individuals who will hopefully repeat the entire process. ![]() You are instructed to send a certain amount of money–usually $5-to the person at the top of the list, and then eliminate that name and add yours to the bottom. The government agency says the following: “A typical chain letter includes names and addresses of several individuals whom you may or may not know. It’s called chain mail, and it’s technically illegal according to the U.S. Whatever the “gift,” the premise is the same: You send one item and get a mailbox bursting full of gifts from the poor suckers who have also fallen for this scam.Īnd it is a scam. My mom remembers a version that was engineered to fill your bookshelves with new tomes back in her day I remember my college roommates in the ’00s wanting to swap (new) panties. And it didn’t always have to do with the holidays. This particular pyramid scheme scam isn’t new it’s been happening for many years, long before the dawn of the internet or social media. And then when Natalie shares on her own wall, whomever decides to join would send their gifts to me. If Natalie decided to join after me, she’d send her one gift to Christina. If I decided to join in this digital Secret Santa, I would send one gift to Avital and then post this on my own wall. You only have to buy ONE gift valued at at least $10 or more and send it to ONE secret sister, and you will receive 6-36 in return!! I need at least six ladies to participate in a SECRET SISTER gift exchange. ![]() The post, filled with holiday emojis (which I removed for the purposes of credible journalism here), goes a little something like this …Īnyone interested in a holiday gift exchange?! I don’t care where you live, you are welcome to join. You may have seen something like this on your own feed. It happens every year, but this year it seems to be happening (on my feed, at least) with a vengeance. It happens every year ahead of the holidays. There’s a thing that happens on Facebook.
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