Trading Standards is warning consumers to be wary of scams when shopping online this Black Friday.
New research shows more than one in four (27 per cent) have been tricked by purchase scams.
A purchase scam is where a person makes a payment for goods or services online that never turn up.
Criminals often advertise technology products like phones or computers at low prices to attract buyers, persuading them to make bank transfers, then disappearing once the payment is made.
They generally do this either through fake websites or fake ads on social media...
To celebrate Black Friday 2014, Exeter based award-winning Digital Agency, Rokk Media, are giving you the chance to receive a 25% discount on any Digital Marketing training session that is booked today, Friday 28th November 2014.
Rokk Media pride themselves on offering bespoke, interactive and informative training sessions for businesses at their offices in Exeter, Devon that offer the latest Digital Marketing knowledge and insights.
Rokk Media’s Digital Marketing training sessions include:
- Introduction to (Search Engine Optimisation) SEO training - Social Media...
This festive season Devon and Cornwall Police are running The 12 online frauds of Christmas campaign to protect thousands of people in our communities from falling victim to cyber-fraudsters.
Kicking-off on ‘Black Friday’ (November 28), which marks the start of the busiest four days of internet shopping of the year, police will be doing everything they can to raise awareness of a dozen online frauds that have the potential to ruin your festive fun.
Last Christmas Devon and Cornwall shoppers fell victim to the online fraudsters by losing out on a quarter of million pounds...
BLACK Friday will hit Exeter this week with consumers being spoilt for choice with flash sales across the city. A trend born in the USA, Black Friday is traditionally the Friday following Thanksgiving and is widely regarded in the retail sector as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
To celebrate Black Friday, The Magdalen Chapter will be offering a 20% discount on all luxury REN Gift Sets for one day only. On top of this, the hotel will also be offering 20% off all food enjoyed in the Restaurant on Friday night.
Hotel General Manager Fiona Moores said: “Black...
NEW YORK (AP) — Airports, train stations and highways were expected to remain busy as people made their way home to reconnect with family and friends for Thanksgiving — although some reunions might be bittersweet because of the damage and displacement caused by Superstorm Sandy.
For some, the once-sacrosanct harvest feast now starts the holiday shopping season — and store openings keep getting earlier. Black Friday now starts on Thanksgiving day itself at many national stores and some shoppers eagerly race from their dinner tables to line up for bargains, delaying their second...
