Identity Theft Check

There is thousands of honest ecommerce website around on the internet, all trying to sell us products and services of all kinds. But with all these honest sites there are quite a few dishonest sites too. So how can you tell between the honest and dishonest sites?
Security: always check the URL of the page to see if its https secured before entering in any credit card information, this can also be checked by looking for the “padlock” image in the bottom information bar of the browser.
E-mails: even though this is not a strict rule, never enter your credit card information into a site that you got to from an e-mail link that you haven’t signed up to. This is not always the case as a site may have sent you an affiliate link that is perfectly legitimate.
Cloned sites: these are a little more difficult to distinguish from, as the sites usually are an exact copy of a legitimate site just for the sole purpose of steeling your credit card and banking information. Although in most cases i have come across there are a few slight differences that you can look at to tell them apart. The URL is one of the most common, in most cases this will differ from the actual URL of the original site. Another way to tell is poor design work, this is where the site has been cloned from the original and then edited without really knowing what they were doing as the end result is a poor copy with things missing or images stretched out of shape.
Also remember when entering in card information into a site, the site in question should never ask you to provide banking passwords, memorable words, pass codes or pin numbers ECT so never give them out. Install antivirus and anti-spyware software to prevent sites installing backdoor key-loggers, and Trojans. And always remember if the site doesn’t look legitimate then don’t buy or provide personal information to it.