“I Have Only Checked after the Event”: Consumer Approaches to Safe Online Shopping

Online shopping has now become very common, with consumers increasingly opting to purchase products on the World Wide Web instead of visiting traditional “bricks and mortar” stores, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has, however, also provided significant opportunities for offenders to...

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Main Author: Whittaker, Jack Mark (Author)
Contributors: Edwards, Matthew ; Cross, Cassandra ; Button, Mark
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Victims & offenders
Year: 2023, Volume: 18, Issue: 7, Pages: 1259-1281
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Keywords:
E-commerce
Online shopping fraud
consumer safety
retail fraud
shopping scams

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