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Top 5 Safe Shopping Tips

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Free Guide to help you protect yourself and others online

In today’s sensitive economy consumers, more than ever, are looking for bargains and deals for their holiday shopping needs. By shopping around online, the Internet (perhaps more than any brick and mortar store) offers shoppers these desired savings.  
But shopping online can carry risks. With identity theft at an all time high, showing consumers how to look for “secure site” indicators such as the yellow padlock or the green address bar, and what they represent, can be invaluable information in today’s world.  It is more important than ever to protect your privacy and identity online.  Being aware on how to spot a potential scam will help prevent falling victim to fraud.  In addition, using safe payment methods such as credit cards and knowing what details and records to keep will help consumers to report their claims and recover monies lost should they fall foul to fraudulent entities.

Top 5 Safe Shopping Tips

1. Look for the “secure site” indicators

2. Protect your privacy & identity

3. Be on the lookout for scams

4. Use a safe method of payment

5. Get the details, keep the records

Download our FREE consumer guide on SAFE ONLINE SHOPPING today. Learn about the common threats and the simple steps you can take to minimize your risk to online fraud and identity theft.




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Frank Feingold Frank Feingold is the resident IT guy for Ping! Zine and staff IT Editor. When he is not busy saving the servers from evil hackers, he can be found running his own shared hosting company Doreo.com. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family and shopping for new vehicles.]