While the internet was booming, many people tends to purchase online due to conveniency. On the contrary, online purchasing is no longer secure. One might be cheated just because of the cheaper prices.
The post is about the fraud in an online website named Big Pussycat which sell skincare products such as facial and eye masks. The company has cheated at least 66 of them after making online payment amounting to RM73,445.10. This is because it offer the customers chepaer price than off the self.
In order to prevent from online purchases fraud, one needs to buy only from secure websites and ensures that the websites is secured with encryption. The examples of safe website are Amazon.com and also Microsoft website. In order to check the security of the website, one can take note of the address bar. It will be more secure if the address bar is https.Besides that, one should also check the validity of the company before enter
into online purchases. He or she sshould check with the company's registry to make sure that the company is legitimate. However, there are few resources that can verify the legitimacy of newly established companies. Therefore, one should be pay extra attention when dealing with new comapnies.Sources from:
5 comments:
ya..it is really true.Although I never bought anything online.But ,if one day I need to buy things online, I will double check whether the company is exist or recognise ,and other people buy from that company before and get the things they buy ,to make sure we will not be cheated.
Thanks Salt and Light of the world.
Well, everyone of us has to be cautious when buy something online, because there are more and more cheating cases or fraud occur nowadays in online trading.
nice one ya~!
If u want to purchase something online i encourage you to chose those website which is famous and well-known.for instance like amayzon.com and ebay.com.Those famous website normally produce a higher reliability and trust to people.
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