Have you ever experienced any form of identity theft in real life? I’m glad to say in over 23 years of my life, I haven’t experienced something serious. Well, the most grave, if that could even be considered grave, would be getting my Yahoo account hacked (I believe) which led to my account bombarding my yahoo friends with spam links. Told you, nothing really serious. Its a good thing I switched to Gmail early. But I really hated the fact that my Yahoo account hacked, I’ve been using it for half a decade and couldn’t let it go.
There’s a lot of stealing going on in real life, and its no different online. People who give away their credit card information to purchase stuff online should just be as careful. I have a friend who refuses to use her credit card online, it sucks for him not being able to experience the wonders of online shopping.
Don’t be a killjoy like her. I’m sure there are ways to enjoy online shopping and not hold back on using your credit card. Refrain from going to suspicious websites that are hacked and contains malware, Google has this preventive measure by sending the user a warning first. Check out the credibility of the online shop before purchasing anything from it and giving them your precious credit card information. There’s this identity theft protection services being offered online as well (IdentityHawk for example). Last of all, do not save any of your account information in your computer - you should memorize it instead, or if you have a poor memory you may write it in a paper, just don’t be conspicuous and let others who might read it know its your precious information written in there.
Do you have other tips on how to prevent identity theft? Let me know!
