PHOENIX — Black Friday and Cyber Monday are just around the corner, enticing shoppers with out-of-this-world, unbelievable deals—and some that may truly be "too good to be true."

While it’s an exciting time to score some great deals ahead of the holiday shopping rush, at the same time, with those two big shopping days expected to bring record online spending, it’s also a time we hear about a surge of digital scams.

Predictions show 21% of consumers plan to do their holiday shopping over Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year, while 47% started their holiday shopping before November, and only 3% plan to make purchases a week before Christmas.

Holiday shopping is mostly stressful for Ester Wilding. She likes to shop early.

“I try to get my gifts, if I can, throughout the year and then s

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