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Black Friday Deals 2026: How to Stay on Budget

The network impersonates 166 brands and uses search results and AI shopping tools to lure buyers into handing over card details.

  • Black Friday 2026 falls on Friday, November 27, but major retailers including Target, Best Buy, and Currys have already launched early promotions across the US and UK since late October.
  • Philadelphia police originally used the term in the 1950s to describe post-Thanksgiving traffic chaos, but retailers later adopted it to signify the start of the holiday shopping season.
  • Target is offering 40% off select women's denim and holiday decor through November 7, while Argos slashed prices on kitchen appliances and LEGO sets, and AO discounted DeLonghi coffee machines by £200.
  • Scammers are increasingly using generative AI to create fake websites and phishing emails, prompting Nicole Sanchez, managing director and head of firmwide financial health at Chase, to advise shoppers to verify retailer websites before purchasing.
  • Cyber Monday will follow on November 30, 2026, while 39% of shoppers use generative AI for holiday shopping tasks; experts warn against linking bank accounts to unverified AI agents.
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Black Week and the pre-Christmas period are not only peak season for shopping, but also for fraud, warns Telia.

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The Newsletter of the Authority warns against potential scammers who subtract personal data, obtain payments or induce to install on their device viruses or other malicious programs just during the period par excellence of online shopping

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