Holiday Email Scams Surge: Over Half of Christmas-Themed Spam Emails in 2025 Are Scams, Bitdefender Antispam Labs Warns

If your inbox has felt unusually festive or suspicious this December, you’re not imagining things. Bitdefender Antispam Labs recorded a serious wave of Christmas-themed spam this season, with more than half of all holiday-related spam emails turning out to be scams.

From November 1 to December 15, 51% of Christmas-themed spam messages received by consumers worldwide were malicious, according to Bitdefender Antispam Lab researcher Viorel Zavoiu.

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