Cybercrime, fishing, hacking etc are no more a new term for any seller or even an internet user worldwide. Everybody has been victim of these online malpractices, it becomes more vulnerable when you are dealing or transacting anything online. Hence necessary measures are to be taken by an individual otherwise he/she may easily get in the traps laid by fraudsters. In this post we will read about frauds that are done to sellers selling stuffs online and also discuss potential steps to protect when you are online. The word fraud has a wide meaning here. According to an online survey 60% of small scale sellers or fresh sellers shut down their business within a year or so after their first attack.
How Will You Protect Yourself From These Digital Attacks? To answer this question first we need to understand how these frauds operate. Before discussing anything about securing you online we need to get under the skin of the fraudsters and know their modus operandi.
ď ą Account Information Buying and selling online includes give and take of personal information like account numbers, credit card numbers, mobile numbers etc.
• These frauds hack in these information and access personal & financial details along with purchase and sales history. • After they access such info they send fishing mails to grab usernames and passwords. • Once they get in your account they can make unauthorized purchases by changing passwords. • Online retailers take precautionary actions to safeguard their buyers’ data, but anyhow these frauds hack in their account and take all personalized info to use them in their own manner or to either sell these data to third party.
What Helps To Safeguard Against These Frauds? Monitor your bank, purchase and sales transactions. Immediately tag and bring into notice of concerned authorities about any inconsistency. Avoid dealing with mails that come from free mail service providers like Yahoo or Gmail. Scammers use these services often to mail or chat. Set bank transaction limits. Confine them to a fix amount and monitor it regularly. Use address verification system (AVS) to compare address stored on credit card with that of the credit card company address database. Secure card verification value printed on the credit card.
• You can also take help of cyber attack experts to safeguard yourself and your online transactions. Forewarned is better than forearmed. • Follow our blog to continue reading such information; you can also call our expert team to discuss more on such topics. We provide the best eBay selling templates with unmatched security features to our clients. Contact us today.
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