McAfee’s Global Festive Shopping Survey 2024 has however shed light on a worrying trend. Diwali 2024 saw a significant uptick in online scams, as revealed by McAfee’s Global Festive Shopping Survey.

Theresa Taylor was scammed while shopping online for a wig, spending over $500 via Apple Pay without receiving the product. Help Me Hank intervened, resulting in the recovery of her $512.

Between October and December 2023, $95.2 million in losses from online shopping scams were reported to the Federal Trade Commission by consumers, according to the New York State Department of ...

With more people shopping online comes more potential scams. Cybersecurity experts say this is primetime for scam artists to go after your information. One of the ways they do it is the “card ...

VP of Public and Board Relations of the BBB Tom Johnson joins Bob Sirott to talk about how much online shopping scams have increased in the last year. He also shares details about a phone scam warning ...

Online scams have cost New Zealanders an estimated $2.3 billion over the past year, marking a significant increase from the $2 billion reported in the previous year, according to the State of ...

Susceptibility tracks the percentage of reports where consumers reported losing money to BBB Online purchase scam reports to BBB Scam Tracker show consumers are incredibly likely to lose money ...

Scammers love online shopping because the choices are endless for snagging unsuspecting customers. Take these precautions to shop safely online. Scammers love online shopping because the choices are ...

We’re on a mission to learn more about the online shopping scams our readers come across, and everyone who helps us will be entered into a sweet prize draw. We’ve all been there. Finally ...

"Over 80% of reports to BBB indicated that they lost money, making online purchase scams one of the most common scams the public encounters," the BBB said in a press release. Then there's theft of ...