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Shopping online to stay safe during the pandemic? Here are 10 tips for avoiding scams

  • Written by H. Colleen Sinclair, Associate Professor of Social Psychology, Mississippi State University
imageA little digging can help you avoid those too-good-to-be-true traps when shopping online.martin-dm/E+ via Getty Images

The holiday season is already a booming time for online shopping. The COVID-19 pandemic only increases the likelihood that when people shop this holiday season, they will choose online shopping over brick-and-mortar stores....

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