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Black Friday deals are here – but shoppers have been urged to be vigilant when online shopping in case they fall victim to thieves.

This time of year can be such easy money for scammers, so Amazon has sent an email to more than three hundred million customers to warn them about fake messages and dodgy ads.

The email, sent on Monday as the sale season started, lists five specific ways that shoppers are being targeted, which also includes unsolicited phone calls and emails asking people to verify their account credentials.

Mike Andrews, of National Trading Standards, told Metro that scammers play a ‘percentage game’ in the run-up to Christmas, typically the busiest time

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