In November 2018, researchers witnessed a significant increase in the amount of ecommerce related phishing websites being accessed directly, or from links sent via email. As part of this research, fake lookalike sites were found that attempt to impersonate legitimate online retail sites but offer significant discounts in order to incentivise people to make a payment or enter their credit card details, according to Bleeping Computer.
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