With Black Friday sales under way and Christmas on the horizon, Sky News enlisted two cybersecurity experts to offer advice on how best to stay safe and avoid scams while shopping online.
The threat of fraud and cyber scams is a 365-days-a-year problem when it comes to online shopping.
It is, as Mike McLellan of Secureworks puts it, a"classic scenario we'd expect to see around Black Friday". "On smartphones, that kind of detail is usually hidden," advises Mr McLellan."So tap on it and check where the email has come from."If you're at all unsure, it's good practice to go to the website directly, rather than click on any links in the email.Some scams may direct you to a retailer's login page to enter your account information.
Chris Bluvshtein, of VPNOverview, says:"Every website should have a valid security certificate, and you can tell by the little padlock icon next to the URL.These can be some of the hardest scams to notice yourself, but banks have become very good at alerting you to"unusual logins" and flagging any subsequent dodgy transactions.
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