Can anyone help me out, is it safe to use my credit card on the Internet?

Answer 1

I've been doing it for years. As long as you trust the site. Don't go to a site that you get from spam. It may be fraudulent. I've ordered from ebay, Amazon, half.com, and a bunch of others.

Answer 2

In most cases, it is perfectly safe to use your credit card on the Internet. Most online stores offer 128 bit encryptions, this protects your credit card details from falling into the hands of a hacker. The only time it would not be safe to use your credit card online is in two situations.

1. Your using your credit card on a fraudulent site.
2. Your computer has been compermised, which means you may have spyware, trojan horses, worms, back door trojan horses, and keyloggers running on your machine. Key logger are the most dangerous because every keystroke is recorded. You may want to try to find an anti keylogger that prevents unkown keyloggers.

Answer 3

It's pretty safe.

On the other hand, it's not safe to use it offline. Went to Olive Garden, tried out my new debit card, just to see for sure it was activated. The girl took it, disappeared, came back with the charge slip for me to sign.

Six weeks later, someone on the opposite coast had used a card with my number, first to donate $5 to the Red Cross, then to buy a $60 tank of gas at a self-serve pump. I saw the charges on my online banking account, went to see the bank manager about 2 hours after the gas had been purchased, showing him the debit card as evidence that neither it, nor I, had been in Oregon two hours earlier.

But it's obvious that the girl at Olive Garden stole my card and my CVV number. I talked to the OG manager, and he looked up the charge, found my waitress was a girl who worked there for two days before quitting and who had never stopped by after that, even to get her paycheck....

But online, it's safe, provided you deal with companies known to you, or companies you've checked out.

If you don't know the company, check first to see that the little padlock at the lower right corner of your browser is locked. Click on "View", "Page Info", "Security" and check to see that the security certificate looks OK. It should have the name and address of the company you're dealing with. Then do a WHOIS on the domain name. (Click on the link below and bookmark it, and you'll be able to do a WHOIS more easily.) The domain name should give the company's name, address and phone number. Scammers use a privacy protection feature to hide their identity, but honest companies WANT you to know how to contact them.

You should also take a look at how long the domain has been in existance. If it's been around since 1994 or even 2003, it's probably not a scammer. If it's been around six weeks, that's a red flag.

When you get the name and address, go to a search engine, and search on it. Scammers will sometimes list addresses that don't exist, or give the address of a Mail Boxes Etc store where they can pick up mail in the middle of the night.

When I've conducted these checks on a business, I have *never* been scammed, even when dealing with complete strangers. Of course, if you're dealing with a company you've shopped for years, there's no real issue.

Answer 4

With major companies, yes. If you're buying from someone you don't know, see if you can pay using something like Paypal or a money order.

Answer 5

sure it is! whats the difference between interent nd in person or over the phone, its all the same.

Answer 6

sure as long as it is a secure and trusted site. and make sure u do it from your own computer and not a public one.

Answer 7

Yes, in most situations.