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Here’s a list of online shopping safety tips we posted last year for anyone that missed them.

  1. Only shop with online merchants you know and trust
  2. Order from secure websites. When you reach the stage where you have to enter any personal information look for a locked padlock or unbroken key icon next to the address bar (unsecured sites may show an unlocked padlock or a broken key). Here is what the locked padlock looks like in Internet Explorer 7.
  3. Keep printouts e.g. copies of your order; web pages describing what you ordered; web pages that tell the seller’s name, address and telephone number; and any email confirmations you get. If the date does not appear on these printouts write this on them as well.
  4. Use just one credit card for online purchases. This can make it easier to detect wrongful charges.
  5. Don’t give out unnecessary information.
  6. Don’t send your credit card information by email
  7. Don’t give out your password to e-commerce sites to anyone
  8. Don’t give out your bank information, no one needs it for an online order
  9. Double check every website address. For more information on what to look for to identify a Phishing scam click here.
  10. Don’t click on links within emails. Type the website address yourself, very carefully.
  11. Remember that if the deal seems too good to be true it probably is.