Christmas is almost here and Christmas shopping is in full swing! You may be looking out for everything from unique gifts to decorative trees and many choose to buy these things online. Be careful, however, as the enticing ads you see on Facebook may end up dampening your Christmas spirit. Scammers follow shopping trends closely and try to blend in with real ads. They research which products are in demand and create low-quality copies, which are then promoted using misleading ads; not just one or two, but thousands of misleading ads which reach millions of people. To get an idea of how easy it is for scammers to target enormous volumes of people, consider that a scammer needs to spend just $20 on average to reach up to 7,500,000 users.  Here are three popular Christmas-themed fake Facebook ads that pop up year after year and are still around scamming unaware Christmas shoppers. Sea Glass Christmas Tree Scam Kristi Pimental’s Sea Glass Christmas Trees are easily among the most-scammed items on Facebook. Kristi, who is from Florida, creates each piece by hand using real seashells and sea glass. Kristi has been facing the torment of Chinese scammers for years, as people confuse her for being a scammer even though she has no relation to the fake ads being run on Facebook. She is constantly bombarded with angry emails and messages meant for scammers from China who ship worthless plastic trees to customers. Take a look below at a Facebook ad

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