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12 Scams Of The Holidays: Woman receives tiny tree

Posted at 6:47 AM, Dec 09, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-09 10:02:41-05

Online ads are supposed to accurately represent the product they are selling.

But one woman was very surprised by what she received in the mail. Instead of a full-sized rainbow Christmas tree, she received a tiny tree.

Scripps reporter Mallory Sofastaii has a warning about misleading social media ads in our 12 Scams of the Holidays segment.

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