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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Shane Hickey

‘Black Fraud Day’: shoppers warned over Black Friday scams

Stock images of Black Friday  sale signs. Melbourne. Australia.
The proliferation of scams during the Black Friday period has led one expert to rename the annual shopping event Black Fraud Day. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Black Friday is coming up and you are looking forward to saving some money on Christmas presents. There are lots of offers coming into your inbox so it is difficult to sift through them all but then you see a great bargain from your favourite clothes shop.

You follow the link from the email in the hope of bagging one of the few remaining jumpers you have had your eye on. The website looks identical to the one you have been on many times so you pay your money for the jumper via bank transfer and settle back, content that you have secured a bargain.

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