Flowers, chocolate and teddy bears
These are the three most popular "surprises" that scammers like to send. There are two
primary reasons scammers choose these items. The first is that people like romantic
surprises and what is more romantic than flowers, chocolate and teddy bears from someone
you just met and are "taken by" in those first few days or weeks.
The second and most important reason to a scammer is that these items are relatively
inexpensive so they can purchase them online and have them delivered for very little
cost compared to the dollar limit on the stolen credit card information they used and
you can bet that as soon as they receive that thank you email or phone call from you
verifying that the card is still good, they are already looking at how they can extract
the full limit of that card before it's canceled. Many times, this is a prelude to the
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