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With the holidays fast approaching, you might want to start decorating your house. Don't be fooled by a new scam for holiday décor.

The world-wide shipping delays have shoppers buy holiday gifts early this year and much of the commerce is happening online. After all, how can you avoid the amazing deals? It's important to be smart when shopping online and here are 11 things you can do to avoid getting ripped off, according to the Better Business Bureau.

Have you gotten a random text recently? There is a lot of reason to be suspicious, that text might be a scam.

New Yorkers beware! There's an alert from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on a new text message scam.

A disabled veteran claims he was scammed out of thousands of dollars from a company hired to move him to New York.

In today's world, you really have to be careful about what you share with people - it could be used against you.

Utica Police say they've received several calls regarding scammers who say they're with National Grid and threaten to turn off your power unless you pay up. Police say complicating matters is that the scammers are able to disguise their actual phone number and calling location, so many of these fraudulent phone calls will appear with a 315 area code on your called ID...

Don't fall for the latest text message scam. A Holland Patent, New York woman recently received one and wants to warn others.

Don't buy the latest promise of free Walmart gift bags circulating on social media. It's just another scam.

The phone calls look legitimate, and that's because of "phone spoofing" technology. It makes the calls and faxes appear to be from government agencies.

Scammers in Great Britain were caught selling fake vaccination cards on eBay and TikTok and the BBB knows it could happen soon in the United States and Canada.

More people are staying home during the coronavirus pandemic. To pass the time at home, more people are watching streaming services like Netflix. Beware of a recent scam promising free Netflix for a year.