Online shoppers warned to be careful

FILE -In this Dec. 12, 2016, photo, a person searches the internet for sales, in Miami. Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday –- a term coined back in 2005 by the National Retail Federation –- continues to be the biggest online shopping day of the year, thanks to the deals and the hype the industry has created to fuel it. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) Source: AP / Wilfredo Lee/AP

Scamwatch says Australians have lost more than 7 million dollars to online shopping scams over the year to November.Now, major telcos and the national consumer watchdog are warning people to take extra care when shopping for gifts online.

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