ADT Reassures Boy Who's Terrified of Ghosts That His Home Is Safe in This Cute Ad

With real audio of his mom's call to the security firm

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ADT alarm systems don't just protect you against burglars. They protect you against ghosts.

At least, that's what one salesman told a scared child during a phone call that agency SapientNitro has now turned into an animated ad.

As the security company tells it, 9-year-old Benjamin Carubba, who lives in the New Orleans area, developed an intense fear of ghosts. So his mother, an ADT customer named Katie, dialed the security company and surreptitiously asked the rep who answered, Xavier Rollins, to tell Benjamin a white lie—that the Carubbas' system includes ghost monitors.

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