The holiday season brings with it massive discounts and enticing deals from various online shopping platforms. However, it also provides scammers the perfect opportunity to target unsuspecting shoppers. In this week’s edition of The Safe Side, we look at the most common e-commerce-related cybercrimes of 2024 and shares some useful tips to help you stay safe from shopping frauds. For Netra (name changed), Diwali shopping on Instagram became a nightmare. While one store delivered the wrong item and refused a refund, another took money but never delivered the package, and eventually blocked her. Both businesses avoided formal communication channels, relying only on Instagram direct messages. Shivangi (name changed) faced a similar ordeal after paying in advance for a phone cover she found cute. Instead, she received a cheap bottle of face wash, and that too after a month’s wait. Priyanka (name changed) has been waiting two months for her order with no response to her complaint. Both admit they acted impulsively, overlooking apparent ‘red flags.’Ishaan (name changed) ordered shoes for Rs 2,000 but received a …