The end-of-the-year holiday season, a.k.a. the shopping season, is the time when online retailers suffer the most from fraud attempts. Being aware of the different types of fraud online retailers are ...

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A survey found that many consumers lack knowledge of safe holiday shopping practices. Avoiding scams, securing your financial data, and staying vigilant are essential tactics for protecting your ...

The holiday shopping season promises to be a busy one, not just for Internet retailers, but for opportunistic online fraudsters and identity thieves as well. As a result, Internet merchants — ...

The peak online shopping season is also the peak season for ecommerce fraud. Here are five practical tips and considerations for retailers to stay safe online. Although you’re under pressure to boost ...

As more Washington-area residents go online to prepare for the holiday season — for everything from buying gifts to making donations to charities — it’s becoming more common to get scammed while doing ...

We barely survived one of what many feel is the scariest event of the year, Halloween, only to be threatened by something much more dangerous: the holiday shopping season. According to CapitalOne, ...

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It comes as millions scour the internet each year in the hopes of finding discounted goods in the Boxing Day sales, with West ...

With the rise of online shopping, scams have also become increasingly common. Many buyers fall into the trap of fake discounts and fraudulent sellers, losing their hard-earned money in the process. If ...

Avoid online scams this Cyber Monday to finish your holiday shopping fraud-free From deals that are too good to be true to packages stolen off porches, there are many ways shoppers can lose money ...