{"id":1670,"date":"2015-11-30T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/scotlands-economy\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2022-01-26T14:50:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:50:55","slug":"dont-get-conned-out-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2015\/11\/30\/dont-get-conned-out-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t get conned out of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At this time of year as we start to focus on Christmas, what is uppermost in your thoughts for this festive season?<\/p>\n<p>Catching up with family and friends? Giving and receiving gifts? Doing the Christmas shopping? A new gadget? Or maybe either celebrating away from home or just getting away from it all.<\/p>\n<p>These are all exciting prospects but, sadly, this is a favourite time of year for criminals too, seizing the opportunity to exploit you when you\u2019re focused on getting everything ready for the big day.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, more of us use the internet increasingly to buy presents, stay in touch, book holidays and many other things we do at this time of year. And every year, that makes it increasingly easy for criminals to defraud us. Last Christmas, individuals and businesses in the UK reported losing a massive \u00a316\u00bd million to online fraudsters through online shopping and auction fraud \u2026 a 42% increase over the 2013 figure*. Black Friday and Cyber Monday \u2013 North American traditions now also firmly embedded over here \u2013 aren\u2019t the only days fraudsters are active, they also exploit last minute shoppers, with many being stung between 20-23 December when trying to buy those last minute presents.<\/p>\n<p>At Get Safe Online, we\u2019ve put together a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190616184212\/https:\/\/www.getsafeonline.org\/christmas2015\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">top ten list of tips<\/span><\/a><\/strong> to keep yourself, your family, your finances and your online devices safeguarded this Christmas. They cover everything from buying online to booking tickets, looking after that new phone or tablet to looking after your passwords. I urge you to take a look for yourself, as the advice really is expert, unbiased, easy to follow and what\u2019s more \u2013 100% free! We\u2019ve called our campaign <em>Don\u2019t get conned out of Christmas<\/em> because as I\u2019ve written above, that\u2019s what is happening more and more.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, please just remember two things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Think twice before you click: make sure you\u2019re comfortable with what you\u2019re doing online and that nothing seems unusual.<\/li>\n<li>If something seems too good to be true, it probably is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So it just remains for me to wish you a happy and peaceful festive season and a great 2016.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Online shopping and auction fraud reports made to Action Fraud during the Christmas period (1 November 2014- 28 February 2015). January &amp; February 2015 have been included to account for any delays in reporting incidences.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this time of year as we start to focus on Christmas, what is uppermost in your thoughts for this festive season? 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