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 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 Cr
edit card guide and find out what NOT to do this Christmas.
Additional resources:
http://www.moneynet.co.uk/credit-card/index.shtml
Author: Michael Hanna About Michael
Michael is a keen writer, and internet marketer living in
Scotland : Contact details: E-mail:
samqam@googlemail.com Phone: 0131 561 2251