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Sara Odeen-Isbister

ASOS Black Friday pop-ups appear across the UK - with £1,000 gift cards on offer

Online clothing retailer ASOS is running mobile pop-up stores in four UK cities this week to celebrate its Black Friday deals.

Shoppers can try out a claw grabber arcade game to win prizes that range from one of four £1,000 ASOS gift cards to branded merchandise, including face and body products.

The events, which will promote ASOS Black Friday deals, are free.

All visitors will receive an ASOS-branded tote bag, as well as a free coffee for anyone with an Asos app installed, The Retail Gazette reported.

The first pop-up was held at Paradise place in Liverpool yesterday, the second is on right now at Boxpark in Shoreditch, London.

The pop-up will be in Nottingham tomorrow (Getty Images)

Tomorrow it will move to Trinity Square, Nottingham, before arriving at Manchester Piccadilly Gardens on Thursday.

The pop-ups all run from 10am to 6pm.

Last month The Mirror reported that ASOS could soon open a pop-up store that sells items cheaper than its website .

ASOS is considering opening a "temporary, pop up outlet", sources close to the firm said.

The pop-up outlet would sell out-of-season clothes at a discount.

It is understood there are no plans to open permanent physical store.

In October ASOS announced it would be slashing more than 100 roles across all departments in a bid to cut costs.

The company entered a 45-day consultation period with affected staff.

Meanwhile, shoppers are being warned about potential online shopping scams this Black Friday - especially around clothes, shoes and games consoles.

Experts at Lloyds Bank say the risk to online customers will rise by a third during the popular shopping event.

The big risk is what banks call purchase scams - when someone is tricked into sending money directly to someone else’s account via bank transfer.

The ASOS pop-up arrives at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester on Thursday (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

These scams have already risen in volume by 14% this year, with the average victim losing £500.

These scams often start on platforms such as Instagram or Facebook Marketplace, with victims lured in by the promise of cut-price or hard-to-find goods.

Purchase scams are the most common type of authorised fraud, with people aged 25 to 34 most likely to fall victim.

Lloyds Bank says the rate of these frauds around Black Friday and Cyber Monday is 29% higher than normal.

Reported scams from those buying clothes were up by 646%, with scam victims losing £193 on average.

Items to be wary of include jackets and tracksuits, Lloyds said.

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