{"id":48037,"date":"2020-12-15T14:40:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T04:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=48037"},"modified":"2020-12-15T14:41:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T04:11:18","slug":"the-online-shopping-scams-to-watch-out-for-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-online-shopping-scams-to-watch-out-for-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Online Shopping Scams To Watch Out For This Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People are particularly vulnerable to online scams during the busy holiday season, says a cyber security expert, as the number of online shopping rip-offs explode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scamwatch.gov.au\/news-alerts\/watch-out-for-online-shopping-scams-this-holiday-season\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scamwatch.gov.au<\/a>, online shopping scams were up 42 per cent this year by late November. The watchdog said it had received more than 12,000 reports of online shopping scams and almost $7 million had been lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RMIT\u2019s Professor Matt Warren has told FIVEAA\u2019s Graeme Goodings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cChristmas is a very stressful time. We don\u2019t have a lot of spare time, we\u2019re trying to find presents and bargains and all of a sudden you get these emails in your inbox that are these great deals and.<\/p><p>\u201cPeople don\u2019t think about what they\u2019re doing, they just think I\u2019ve got to get that present\u2026 they forget about the potential\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cit\u2019s an awareness issue because at this time of year people are a little bit stressed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/graeme-FiveAA-Internet-2020-12-15-10-07-52-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Scamwatch, the most common product for online shopping scams so far this year has been pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top ten products for online shopping and classified scams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scam-Capture-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scam-Capture-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scam-Capture-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scam-Capture-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scam-Capture-285x200.jpg 285w, https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scam-Capture-34x24.jpg 34w, https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scam-Capture-48x34.jpg 48w, https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scam-Capture-60x42.jpg 60w, https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scam-Capture.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are particularly vulnerable to online scams during the busy holiday season, says a cyber security expert, as the number of online shopping rip-offs explode. According to scamwatch.gov.au, online shopping scams were up 42 per cent this year by late November. 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