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Black Friday: how to avoid scams when shopping for deals
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday aren’t only on shoppers’ and retailers’ radars – scammers take any opportunity they can to exploit our eye for a bargain, and last year used the busy shopping days to defraud consumers in the UK of £2.5m.
According to the banking trade body UK Finance, theatre tickets and e-scooters are targeted by criminals – but it adds “whichever gift you might be seeking a deal on, it’s likely fraudsters are looking to exploit it”.
You can reduce your chance of falling victim to a scam by taking the following steps when you shop.
If a retailer is offering at item at a much lower cost than everyone else, stop and think before you open your wallet – and if you have never heard of the seller before, or have followed a link from
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