Here are some things you can do to stay safe:

1. Don’t be greedy, just because a particular online store is offering you prices that you won’t receive anywhere else doesn’t mean it’s a good deal. If you don’t pay attention to certain important safety indicators and read the product description correctly, you could lose a lot. Make sure the website you buy from is trustworthy.

2. When you are shopping online, you need to watch out for phshers and scammers as there are a lot of them. However, there is a way around them by making sure you are on the correct website, a website that you can trust and not any other website that is a scam. Check the address, make sure it belongs to the website you can trust, and then enter your personal and account details. Always open a new browser window when you receive a link in an email to shop online.

3. Safe browsing is essential. Make sure the address of the website you are buying from starts with ‘https’. Also look for the padlock symbol to make sure you are not in danger.

4. Using a third party payment system may also offer you additional security. These accounts work as a buffer between you and the merchants you are shopping with. Services like PayPall and Google Checkout offer third-party payment systems so that you can stay safe by acting as intermediaries. This will also reduce the hassle of entering your account information every time you make an online purchase.

5. You might also consider keeping a credit card just to shop online. This way, if your data falls into the hands of someone you can’t trust, the limit will be too low to exploit.

6. Prepaid credit cards are an option that many people use today to stay safe when shopping online. There are a number of options that you have and you can also choose from CVS, Walmart, or various other stores. In this way, if a thief gets hold of your credit card details, you will not lose a lot of money, but only the amount loaded on your card.

7. When thieves get hold of your credit card information in the real world, they can use it online. To save yourself from this threat, you must also pay special attention to protecting your credit information in the real world.

8. Make sure you don’t share your passwords online for third party payment systems like PayPal with anyone. If you receive an email from a bank asking for passwords or PINs, you can be sure it is someone who wants to access your account, so please refrain from divulging that information. Banks have a permanent policy of not asking their customers for their passwords or PINs.

9. It is ideal to change your online bank account details once every two to three months. Make sure it is a combination of letters and numbers and that it is somewhat difficult to decipher. Ideally, if it is a randomly generated password, it is the best, however you may have trouble remembering it. Once you’ve chosen a password, make sure you don’t share it with anyone.