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New year, new scams: How criminals prey on busy, tired consumers post-holidays

As Americans start the new year by reviewing their finances, scammers are working overtime to take advantage. Post-holiday money moves, tax prep, and financial resolutions create prime openings for fraud and scams. Scott Simpson, who is the president and CEO of America’s Credit Unions, said consumers are particularly vulnerable because people tend to be tired and busy during the holidays and the weeks afterward. There is also a difference between fraud and scams, as scams are harder to reverse once money is sent. “Scams certainly are fraud. Fraud’s kind of a category,” Simpson said during an interview with The National News Desk Taylor Murray on Friday. “But scams inside the fraud category are what effect normal human beings and the distinction is that those that are losing the money -- the victims -- are actually unwitting but willing participants. They often are convinced that they need to send their money somewhere and that’s the distinction in its industrial scale.” In 2024, Simpson said about $12.5 billion of American’s money was “unwittingly just syphoned off by criminals.” READ THE STORY: https://thenationaldesk.com/top-video... -------------------------------------- The National Desk (TND) brings you award-winning local storytelling from Sinclair Broadcast Group's local TV newsrooms across the United States and feeds from sources throughout the world. Like us on Facebook for live feeds, video:   / tnd   Follow us on Instagram:   / tnd   Follow us on TikTok:   / tndtok   Follow us on X: https://x.com/TND Read more & watch our videos: http://thenationaldesk.com TND covers content from Sinclair's stations in: Abilene-San Angelo, TX : KTXS Albany, GA : WFXL Albany, NY : WRGB Amarillo, TX : KVII Asheville, NC : WLOS Austin , TX : KEYE Bakersfield, CA : KBAK/KBFX Baltimore : WBFF Beaumont, TX : KFDM/KBTV Birmingham, AL : WBMA Boise, ID : KBOI/KYUU Bristol, VA : WCYB Cedar Rapids, IA : KGAN/KFXA Champaign, IL : WCCU Charleston, SC : WCIV Charleston, WV : WCHS/WVAH Chattanooga, TN : WTVC Cincinnati, OH : WKRC/WSTR Columbia, SC : WACH Columbus, OH : WSYX/WTTE Dayton, OH : WKEF/WRGT El Paso, TX : KFOX/KDBC Eugene, OR : KVAL/KMTR Eureka, CA : KAEF Flint, MI : WEYI/WBSF Fresno, CA : KMPH Gainesville, FL : WGFL Green Bay, WI : WLUK Greenville-New Bern, NC : WCTI Harlingen, TX : KGBT Harrisburg, PA : WHP Jefferson City, MO : KRCG Johnstown, PA : WJAC Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids, MI : WWMT Kirksville-Ottumwa, IA : KTVO Las Vegas, NV : KSNV Lewiston, ID : KLEW Lincoln, NE : KHGI/KWNB Little Rock, AR : KATV Lynchburg, VA : WSET Macon, GA : WGXA Medford, OR : KTVL Mobile, AL : WPMI Myrtle Beach, SC : WPDE Nashville, TN : WZTV Oklahoma City : KOCB/KOKH Pasco, WA : KEPR Pensacola, FL : WEAR/WFGX Portland, ME : WGME/WPFO Portland, OR : KATU/KUNP Providence, RI : WJAR Quincy-Hannibal, IL : KHQA Redding-Chico, CA : KRCR Reno, NV : KRNV/KRXI Rochester, NY : WHAM Salt Lake City : KUTV San Antonio, TX : KABB/WOAI Savannah, GA : WTGS Seattle, WA : KOMO/KUNS Sioux City, IA : KMEG/KPTH South Bend, IN : WSBT Springfield, IL : WICS Steubenville, OH : WTOV Syracuse, NY : WSTM Toledo, OH : WNWO Traverse City, MI : WPBN Tulsa, OK : KTUL Washington DC : WJLA West Palm Beach, FL : WPEC Wilkes-Barre, PA : WOLF Yakima, WA : KIMA This video and all Sinclair Broadcast Group content archives of local news and sports coverage are available for your use. For more information contact us at contentsales@sbgtv.com