They're also working on the pressure of time, right?

Because you might really want that puppy on Christmas morning,

and nobody else says they can get it to you

because it's unrealistic.

But they've created that time pressure that criminals so often take advantage of when

they're looking to commit a crime against someone.

Absolutely, I mean, you know, for an extra $200, just send me my cash up and I'll actually show up on Christmas morning,

ring the doorbell, and have a bow around the dog for your grandchild.

What a surprise that will be for them.

Right again, they will play into every image that we have created in our heads for what

perfection looks like on this morning.

Welcome back to the perfect scam. I'm your host Bob Sullivan. So it is the holiday season which is a great and exciting and fun time but it's also a time when we see an awful lot of criminal

activity because so much is happening so fast so many emails and phone calls and gifts.

It's a real opportunity for criminals.

And so we wanted to talk about what things to look for, specifically this holiday season,

and I can't think of anyone better to help us with that than Amy Knofsinger who runs the AARP Fraud Watch Network

helpline that we talk about so much and we're volunteers there do amazing

work taking phone calls almost every day from victims of crimes and so that makes

Amy the perfect person to listen in on the front line of what's happening.

First of all Amy, happy holidays?

Happy holidays Bob, thanks for having me.

Of course. What is the number one thing that people should be concerned about either the number

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