How to Avoid Online Shopping Scams During the Christmas Season?
As the Christmas season approaches us, people all over the world are heading online to look for the most affordable deals of gifts to their families and friends. This is a the ideal time for cybercriminals to profit from unwitting consumers and try to grab a share of the $730 billion that consumers are expected to spend in gifts for the holidays in accordance with the National Retail Federation. The most well-known scams you can encounter this year are: Scam websites that are phishing Fake purchase confirmations Fake charities Scams targeted at the elderly False listings on ad ads Social media is full of fake fundraisers Phishing Website Scams This popular holiday fraud is when a cybercriminal creates fake websites that appear to be an authentic known online retailer. The fake site will usually be a copy of a popular website intended to trick customers to believe they are using Amazon or eBay or any other e-commerce website, when the personal information they divulge on the website fal...