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Phishing campaigns target Black Friday shoppers. Here's how to spot them.

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Fraudsters are exploiting Black Friday sales to target U.S. shoppers with fake websites and ads for major brands like IKEA, Wayfair and The North Face .

Reports of online fraud in 2023 exceeded $12.5 billion in potential losses, according to FBI data.

Officials say increasingly sophisticated scams are using AI to power their campaigns.