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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

Retailers and shoppers braced for Black Friday scams as sales activity ramps up

Black Friday can present opportunities for fraudsters to scam retailers and shoppers (Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive) - (PA Archive)

Black Friday is perceived by UK retailers as the worst period for increased fraud activity, a survey indicates.

Nearly two-fifths (37%) of senior leaders, in the sector surveyed, identified the Black Friday weekend, which stretches through to Cyber Monday, as the period they are particularly likely to see a rise in attempted or successful fraudulent transactions, research for financial technology provider payabl found.

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