Mother’s Day is coming – have you prepared any wonderful gifts for your mom or grandma yet? No doubt most of you have already started searching for the best deals. But don’t let scammers cut in and ruin the fun! In this post, we’ve put together some common Mother’s Day shopping scams and listed some tips to avoid them.
Recently we’ve detected over 168,436 fake online shops that feature Mother’s Day sales – have you come across any of them?
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For more tips on spotting fake online shops, please check out this article.
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Besides the “original” fakes above, scammers also impersonate famous brands in order to fool you. Under this guise, they send people fake promotional information that prompts users to click on the attached links. Here are some examples:
The links lead to fake websites that look like the real ones. If you fall for it and complete the purchase, you could end up exposing your credit card credentials.
Good luck on your gift-hunting and best wishes to all the Moms out there! As ever, if you’ve found this article an interesting and/or helpful read, please do SHARE it with friends and family to help keep the online community secure and protected.
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