A lot of folks consider the holiday season to be the most wonderful time of the year, but with scammers and tricksters out in force looking to take advantage of holiday shoppers, it can quickly become the worst if you're not careful.

Black Friday is the big day for retailers slashing prices to kick off the holiday shopping season and clear out their 2024 stock. There's still a week until the big event, but you don’t have to wait to carve the Thanksgiving turkey and watch the Cowboys lose to snag discounts, because the best early Black Friday deals are live already.

The supreme shopping weekend is almost here. A record 183.4 million people are planning to shop in stores and online between Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday in 2024, up from the previous record of 182 million in 2023,