Scams prey on your emotion. This time of year, that emotion is the excitement surrounding the holidays. Jennifer Adamany with the Better Business Bureau said when it comes to scams, bad people cast a wide net. "It's hitting the right person at the right time," Adamany said. The holiday season is why you might second guess your gut feeling when you see that odd text or email that mentions a delivery. "Because we are expecting a lot of packages, and so we're less suspicious when we when we get it," Adamany said. Here is the rule of thumb with scams: there is typically a call to action and a consequence. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/life/food/whats-cooking/watch-for-these-shipping-scam-texts-emails-whats-the-deal-ups-usps-holidays-packages-mail-scammers-target-email-text/531-f8e31fc9-c7a7-4b46-a072-27f9a0d8d4d2