{"id":10656,"date":"2021-02-09T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:49:03","slug":"valentines-day-greeting-card-scam-beware-of-e-cards-containing-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.socialcatfish.cloud\/scamfish\/valentines-day-greeting-card-scam-beware-of-e-cards-containing-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s Day Greeting Card Scam: Beware of e-Cards Containing Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valentine’s Day can be a holiday filled with love, romance, and cute flirty messages. However, scammers will find a way<\/a> to break your hearts and bank accounts on a holiday that’s supposed to be about love. They have come up with a scam where they will send you greeting cards<\/a> claiming to be your secret admirer or a friend\/family member. They will also instruct you to open up a link within the greeting card, but doing so can leak your personal and financial information. Here is why you need to beware of the Valentine’s Day greeting card scam.<\/p>\n

How This Valentine’s Day Greeting Card Scam Works<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Postcard-with-gift-box-897552-scaled.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Scammers will send their victims out greeting cards via a phishing email<\/a>, claiming that they are from a secret admirer or someone you know. It then asks you to click on the link emailed to you so that you can view the card. However, once you open the card it downloads malware<\/a> onto your device that steals your personal and financial information without you realizing it.<\/p>\n

There are some instances where it will also ask you to fill out your personal information on the site for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, the scammer will claim that you are going to receive a gift with your e-card<\/a>, so they need to verify it’s you and needs your address to send the package. They also claim they need your financial information so that you can help pay a small shipping fee to get your gift.<\/p>\n

Other times, they will claim that they need to verify it’s you and need your personal information to even open the card.\u00a0Either way, the only reasons a scammer would want this information would be to commit identity fraud<\/a> under your name and to drain your bank account.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Avoid This Valentine’s Day Greeting Card Scam<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Envelope-with-hearts-and-box-899547-scaled.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n