The Government's National Cyber Security Centre has released a list of tips on how to protect yourself from online shopping scams ahead of Black Friday and Christmas
Shoppers lost a combined £15.3m to online scams last Christmas, with an average loss of £1,000, data from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau shows. Examples of scams include a shopper losing more than £150 trying to buy a phone on social media and another conned out of £7,000 as they attempted to buy a campervan online.
The National Cyber Security Centre - part of the Government's GCHQ security department - has launched a Cyber Aware campaign to advise shoppers on how to spot and avoid dodgy sellers.
