Tipperary shoppers, especially online shoppers, are being urged to take extra caution when purchasing gifts online as a spate of online shopping fraud cases are being reported ahead of the Christmas celebrations.
Online shopping fraud is an increasing trend being seen, especially in the run up to Christmas and is also called purchase fraud.
The business community are frequently targeted by fraudsters using stolen or compromised credit cards, bank accounts or payments, in what is called Card Not Present Fraud.
Businesses who are victims of this fraud will suffer losses under the ‘charge back’ process.
In the first 10 months of 2022, 1,356 Card Not Present Frauds have been reported to An Garda Síochána in Ireland, representing an average loss of €959 or a total of €1,300,527.00.
Some cases of shopping fraud that occurred recently was the case of a 53-year-old female who purchased a phone online, but when she received the phone she reported it is a counterfeit. Another was a reported case of an 18-year-old male who sold his phone online. They met the buyer and handed over the phone, the money was never transferred to the victims account.
The Golden Rules for Christmas shopping online:
• Buy from trusted sources – Make sure the website you are on is real – not cloned or fake. Make sure there is an “https” at the beginning of the web address and a padlock symbol displayed beside the URL before the purchase is made – this indicates a…
