How do you protect yourself against fraud? Internet or real life?

Answer 1

If you do not check a company before entering into a transaction, you could lose your money, time and credibility. Some widely used resources are the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org) and the national fraud center (www.fraud.org) these days, you can easily find out more about a company using the internet in a few minutes. From a company's website, you can details about its ownership, how old the company really is and feedback from the company's customers.
You can find more detailed information about a company at http://tinyurl.com/gtb89

Answer 2

Don't use your real personal information on the internet. If you receive any email that tell you to log on to your bank account or credit card account, never do so. You are much safer just type in the path yourself. The link they provide will redirect you to a clone page of that site and they will record your password if you type it. It is best not to send your important information over any messanger. Install virus scan, and scan often during the night time.

Answer 3

I personally have never given out my credit/debit card numbers online at all. I also never give anyone questionable my social security number. Our family shreads everything with any info on it - even grocery receipts, and mail that only contains one of our names. We are all careful when using credit/debit/store cards, pin numbers, and ATM machines - to make certain that no one is watching. We also rarely go to an ATM alone at night (at least two of us go - one remains in car while other does transaction - cell phone in hand).

Answer 4

shred all papers with my info on them, make sure all internet transactions are secure 128 minimum.