What To Avoid
You will want to avoid those websites that you have never heard of before and you will want to make sure that you are purchasing from an official website such as Amazon or eBay. You want to avoid buying from sellers who have got negative reviews about there services or products. You want to avoid prices that are too good to be true.What To Look For On A Site
If you have searched for a product online and you can only find it from a specific store and it is not on eBay or Amazon then you are going to have to make sure that the site you are purchasing from is secure. You need to look at the URL of the site and make sure that it starts with HTTPS as this means that the site is secure. You always want to look for the little green padlock that you will find at the start of the URL or at the end of the URL this way you know that it is secure.
How To Have A Secure Account
Most of the time for these sites you will have to make an account so that they can keep your login details and suggest similar products to you for you to buy. When you are signing up to these sites you want to use a different password for every site that you use so that if there is a site that you sign up for that is not secure then they only have that one password and not have access to all of your other accounts.
A New Way To Be Secure
I have always been worried about ordering things online in case they take too much money out of my account for the product or they try to scam me for a lot more money so a way to avoid this I have got a PayPal account where I transfer the exact amount of the product to and then I use that PayPal account to purchase things so that if they try and scam me then they only have access to the exact funds of the product or service and then if they do not deliver then I can always chargeback in PayPal.How To Avoid Scams
To avoid scam you must make sure the site you are using is secure but sometimes these scammers are smart and will find a way to get around this. You have got to make sure that what you are buying is not too good to be true. For example, if you are looking at buying something that would normally cost £50 and there is a site selling it for £10 then it is probably false and is just trying to scam you out of that money.
If you follow some of the tips in this article then you should not have any problems when you are ordering online and you should be able to make an order successfully and secure. Remember to check the seller's reputation and the reviews of the seller and the product that you are buying. Do not risk it if it is too good to be true as you will fall victim to a scam.
Make sure that you are staying safe online whilst you have got to order a lot more things online than you use to. Please stay safe and try not to fall victim to these horrible scammers.
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