Online Sales Expected To Soar Over $500 Billion In The Next 5 Years: Stay Safe Shopping Online.
With the volume of retail sites online and shoppers purchasing on their lunch hour, businesses may see an increase in virus attacks during the holiday season. Be aware of the recent scams and keep your staff informed of best practices to spot a hoax.
Coupon scams that seem too good to be true probably are.
This one would be nice, but really it is just too good to be true. Watch out for the Kohl’s coupon circulating this season on social media. This coupon promises $70 off any purse of $80 or more on the Kohl’s website. However, the link for this coupon actually delivers you to a spoof site www.kohlsfallpromos.site (do not look this site up it is infectious.) You may be thinking, well some sites offer great coupons, right? Sure they do. Make sure to dig deep when you’re evaluating a new offer. Go to whois.com and type in the website you see when you mouse over the link for the coupon. This will show you who really owns the website. With the above kohlsfallpromo site, you will find some company in Panama actually owns the site, not Kohl’s Illinois, Inc.
If you still cannot tell if the coupons are real, here is the next step.
If you really can’t tell from the site owner if the coupon is legitimate, verify the coupon on the store’s official website or social media feeds. Retailers aware of fake coupons in circulation will generally tell their good clients when something is amiss. Kohl’s came out on Facebook to alert shoppers about this fake