Black Friday scam signs to recognise as shoppers lose £15million to criminals
dailyrecord.co.ukShoppers are being urged to be on alert to online scams this Black Friday as criminals look to exploit customers on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
Black Friday, which falls on November 25 this year, is a period in which fraudsters are known to lure bargain hunters. What's more, those aged between 19 to 25 are the group most likely to fall for scams, according to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).
Such scams include one bargain hunter losing more than £150 from trying to buy a second hand phone on social media - while one particularly big loss came from a victim who was conned out of £7,000 while attempting to buy a camper van online.
NFIB research has found that people lost a combined £15.3 million due to scams in the lead up to Christmas, with that the average loss to be £1,000.
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