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Beware the Sweet Trap: How a Free Ice Cream Maker Scam is Stealing Your Personal Information!

By Miles Cooper
Crime
February 11, 2025
Beware the Sweet Trap: How a Free Ice Cream Maker Scam is Stealing Your Personal Information!
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Costco is understood for giving out free samples at its warehouse shops, however this bogus provide is one freebie customers can be effectively suggested to go up, warns to the Sonoma County District Legal professional’s Workplace.

The message reads, “Dear Costco Shopper, We would like to offer you a unique opportunity to receive a brand new Ninja CREAMi Ice Cream Maker!”

Beware the Sweet Trap: How a Free Ice Cream Maker Scam is Stealing Your Personal Information!A screenshot of the Sonoma County District Legal professional’s web site contains a picture of a faux provide allegedly from Costco for a costco-e-mail-guarantees-free-ice-cream-maker-in-new-rip-off/” title=”Pretend … e-mail guarantees free ice cream maker in new rip-off”>free ice cream maker in change for taking a web-based survey. The DA’s workplace mentioned the e-mail is a phishing rip-off. Feb. 10, 2025. (Screenshot through da.sonomacounty.ca.gov)

Scammers typically create urgency with deadlines to strain recipients into appearing rapidly, officers mentioned. Customers are urged to keep away from clicking suspicious hyperlinks and report phishing makes an attempt to authorities.

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