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‘Tis the season for frantic shopping, online sales — and holiday scams.

Shoppers spent a record $10.8 billion online on Black Friday, according to Adobe Analytics. That’s up 10% from last year, and more than double what consumers spent in 2017. Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., online shoppers were spending $11.3 million per minute.

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