Protect your data before holiday shopping scams strike
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Holiday shopping scams spike during Black Friday and Cyber Monday as data brokers sell personal information to cybercriminals who target shoppers with realistic fake emails and texts.
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From leaked email addresses to exposed phone numbers and home addresses, your personal information is being bought and sold by data brokers, companies that collect and resell detailed profiles about you. Those profiles are exactly what scammers use to send realistic "order confirmations," fake delivery alerts and "urgent payment" texts during this holiday period and beyond.
Let's unpack how this works and what you can do now to stay safe before the holiday chaos begins.
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