This Christmas Time Could See A Rise In Online Fraud.
Imagine the scenario: you've just had a nice Christmas. Your
kids are all happy when returning to school to see their friends
and tell them what santa brought them. You're happy, because
although you've spent a lot on the kids, you've kept a nice
amount of savings to do you over the cold and often depressing
January that follows. Then, when you try to pay your bills that
month you're hit by a bolt out of the blue - you have
insufficient funds!
You KNOW that you didn't spend EVERYTHING! You go to see the
bank and fin out that all your funds are gone, and everything
has been taken well into the red!
Someone has stolen your identity and taken you for all you have!
Forget about "the nightmare before Christmas" - this is the
nightmare after Christmas!
Identity theft is a terrible scourge of online shopping. Try to
keep your details secret this Christmas.
If there's one thing could spoil your Christmas it's getting a
mega bill for presents that YOU didn't buy.
Moneynet ( http://www.moneynet.co.uk )
has issued some simple tips to help shoppers stay secure this
Christmas.
This includes not using sites you don't know and trust and
looking out for some symbols at the bottom right of your screen;
such as a locked lock or a broken key.
Moneynet also offers advice checking your bank statements and
printing off copies of your orders. Moneynet tells you that
"nothing is 100% safe" so you always need to pay attention to
what you are doing on the net, and if you're in doubt - don't
proceed.
To find out more about Moneynet's advice visit their site at http
://www.moneynet.co.uk/credit-card-guide/index.shtml and find
out what NOT to do this Christmas.
Additional resources: http://www
.moneynet.co.uk/credit-card/index.shtml