posted by admin on Jun 6

The internet is an amazing resource. It allows you to quickly learn about almost anything, to find poetry and read stories both new and ancient, it even now brings both radio, television and films to you at the click of a left mouse button. However, it is important to remember that criminals use the internet too, and there are many people out there who are not genuine, and are trying to steal your identity, or even simpler, take your money from you. There are ways you can protect yourself, and ways that you can spot fraudulent websites. This article could end up being very long, so rather than cover everything, I am going to ignore email fraud, virus infection & identity theft. Using this website on roller banners as an example, I’m going to focus on ‘fake’ websites that are just trying to directly take your hard earned money away from you. Read the rest of this entry »