As families prepare to welcome the holidays, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is launching her annual holiday consumer protection campaign focused on ways Michigan residents can protect their information and their wallets. Beginning on Black Friday and continuing until the New Year, the Attorney General Consumer Protection website's holiday scams page and social media accounts will focus on educating consumers on 24 topics, including tactics scammers use to cheat consumers out of their funds during the holidays. This year’s campaign will tie in themes from popular holiday movies to bring in new audiences and deliver the information in a more entertaining way.
To kick off the campaign, Nessel is sharing important information surrounding the biggest shopping and philanthropic days of the year – Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday. The attorney general is also issuing a series of new alerts to keep consumers informed on scams and topics throughout the holidays, such as AI scams; Facebook Marketplace scams; returns; porch pirates; and online shopping.
To help Michigan residents stay safe from scams, identity theft, and other deceptive schemes, Nessel recently launched a new consumer protection social media account, Michigan Consumer Protection (@MIConsumerWatch). The new account will serve as a trusted source for scam alerts, consumer protection tips, education resources, and updates from the Department of Attorney General and will host the holiday campaign. Residents can follow @MIConsumerWatch on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn.
To kick off the campaign, Nessel is sharing important information surrounding the biggest shopping and philanthropic days of the year – Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday. The attorney general is also issuing a series of new alerts to keep consumers informed on scams and topics throughout the holidays, such as AI scams; Facebook Marketplace scams; returns; porch pirates; and online shopping.
To help Michigan residents stay safe from scams, identity theft, and other deceptive schemes, Nessel recently launched a new consumer protection social media account, Michigan Consumer Protection (@MIConsumerWatch). The new account will serve as a trusted source for scam alerts, consumer protection tips, education resources, and updates from the Department of Attorney General and will host the holiday campaign. Residents can follow @MIConsumerWatch on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn.
