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With the holidays just days away, shoppers rush around late into the night, radio stations blare seasonal tunes—and cybercriminals busily try to scam unsuspecting targets.

“Fraudsters use current affairs to create legitimacy,” said Melih Abdulhayoglu, chief executive of Comodo Group, a provider of Web site security certificates in Jersey City, N.J. Credit card fraud is easier now than any other time of year because of the high volume of transactions, experts warn. “The holidays are a great reason to send people e-mail to try to scam them into giving up their information,” Abdulhayoglu said.