Internet Safety

Secure your Paypal account from unathorized users. You might have shared your password to any of your family members and without your knowledge or approval, someone might use it online purchases....

PayPal is an online service that acts as a liaison between merchants and sellers so they can exchange currency without giving out their financial information to one another. Although using PayPal...

Many websites and applications require a username and password before you can gain access to them. In some cases, these websites and applications require that you answer one or more password...

Financial fraud online is an acute problem that's getting bigger because people don't take basic precautions. The perpetrators will never stop, because all they need is one patsy out of the...

Internet Scams: What they are In today's busy online world, one is susceptible to various scams and frauds. Most common among internet scams are email scams, identity thefts, phishing, email...

Communication is key to recognizing the goods from the bad. How are they communicating with you? In these days and age we are a lot more active online by researching, buying, or selling among...

PayPal was formed in 1998 to give online shoppers a way to pay for items, without sending their credit card or banking information to sellers. After a successful start, the company was bought by...

The internet is full of scammers and scams, unfortunately. It seems every day I get emails promising high yield investments or large sums of unclaimed money ready to be transferred to my bank...

If you've ever sold anything on the internet I'm sure you've been hassled by would-be scammers. These people often try and get you by saying that they have some inordinate amount of money they...

Buying and Selling on Ebay has become a very poplular thing to do. After learning the hard way I now have very particular with what payment methods I accept and evern who I sell to on Ebay After...

I have been trying to sell this projector that I have.it’s the nice kind,that you can use a computer with,in HD.Nobody seems to want it though .So I changed the pitch a few times and have gotten...

There are great benefits of shopping online. Competition is high, so there are always great sales and promotions. You also save time and gas by shopping online. The preferred payment method of...

Phishing sites are mirror images of legitimate sites online. They will steal your account from you and use it to spam other users, in the case of Myspace and Facebook. In the case of sites like...

Money making scams are all over the web. We've all seen the ads that boast making thousands of dollars a week for doing nothing but post links onto websites. Since the rise of Twitter, such sites...

Have you seen your credit card statement lately? Did you see an order or a purchase you did not make? Do you receive phone calls regarding purchases you never made? Have you ever seen your credit...

So you are a good eBay buyer/seller, have been encouraged to use PayPal all this time because it's the safest thing to use. That is until a transaction goes sour and the other person wrongs you....

We all have a PayPal account and have probably all heard horror stories about PayPal accounts being compromised, money lost, identity stolen, etc. It is a concern with any online banking process,...

The PayPal mobile security key gives you an extra layer of security when accessing your PayPal account. The numbers that make up the key change every 30 seconds, making it much more difficult for...

Security for your Paypal account is a very big concern. Paypal is one of the most highly targeted websites for scammers and phishers, who are after your account information. I receive dozens of...

Seems like today, as many of us there are that work hard for our money, there is almost just as many people earning an unhonest living figuring out ways to take our money. I can tell you first...

PayPal is a great way to keep track of the money you earn online from various sites, it's also a great way to buy and sell online. You should consider it as one of your bank account, and treat it...

PayPal is one of the world's most popular online payment methods, with more than 100 million accounts. Through PayPal, any individual or business with an email address can transfer money online....

For years, using the Internet for purchases was thought to be pretty risky business. But with the tremendous growth of sites like eBay, Amazon and Craigslist, consumers are finding the Internet to...

Phishing attacks to gain your personal information for sinister uses are rampant today. I will use PayPal as an example of how to tell if the email that you received is indeed official (most are not).

Identity theft is at an all time high. It’s important to know how to protect your identity online. Consider these tips:

Follow these easy steps and your chances of getting scammed will be reduced drastically.

So you've heard about it, and you're not real sure about what it is, and what its for. A Paypal account is essentially an online bank account. It lets you make transactions of funds safely,...

There are many reasons why you should not keep money in your Paypal account, no matter how safe you might think it is. Read on to know the reasons behind this.

I am sure you already know what PayPal is and have heard horror stories of how some people have unknowingly had their PayPal Accounts hacked. Their claims are of how they either lost large sums of...

Paypal is a very reputable payment processor company owned by ebay. Sadly, there are many individuals out there who seem to feel the need to pose as paypal in order to get ebay sellers to send...

Tis the season for SCAMS. Here's some tips to avoid the email scams.

While Paypal phishing may sound like a tongue twister, it can be a serious problem. Paypal is one of the sites that scammers frequently target because it can be directly tied to bank accounts. ...

Buy something off ebay and haven't gotten it yet? Want to purchase an item but you're not sure if the seller is legitimate? Read these tips to learn how to identify good ebay sellers, and the...

Emails and the internet have become a haven for criminals to steal someone’s identity. At one time it use to be a lot harder to get someone’s personal information but now it is very easy to...

It’s important, when looking for ways to make some extra money online, to know how to avoid getting scammed by people and companies. Work at home scams in particular are a dime a dozen nowadays....

When you buy on line, you essentially put your secure financial information into someone else's hands. What's more, you can't see that person. This is what makes Internet transaction so scary....

I have first hand experience in this folks, in fact, it just happened to me today. I got this email that looked pretty legit. Thank goodness I did a little research first and did not click that...

Online scams can reach you through a website, advertising or an an email. They are targeting your money, your personal information or want you to involve in illegal activities. How you can protect...

Over 10 Million unsuspecting people a year have their identities stolen in one form or another. Here are a few smart and simple ways to prevent yourself from being apart of this statistic; while...

Ebay is one of the largest marketplaces in the World. Thousands of purchases are made everyday. Unfortunately, there are also hundreds of fraudulent transactions taking place in the same...

How many times have you heard on the news that someone had their identity stolen through the Internet? Someone takes over their bank account or opens a credit card in their name and before you...

As someone who learned the hard way, there are lots of hackers out there trying to get into your Paypal account and clean you out. Here are some tips to avoid this

Everybody has heard tales of fraud being conducted on the eBay auction site, and you may have even been a victim of fraud yourself. This does not mean that it is not safe to do business on eBay....

Since its introduction in 2000, PayPal–a sort of online bank account–has become an invaluable resource for anybody who buys, sells or conducts business on their computer. An estimated $27.5...

Online phishing and identity theft has become a major problem and is a major crime. Everyday, people fall prey to email scams and fake Web sites (that is, sites claiming to be a particular Web...

When someone refers to spoofing or phishing, they are really describing the act of collecting various forms of personal data using a fake email or Web site. Many times the phisher is looking to...

If you are reading this, you must be a web savy. That problem means you probally have a paypal account. There are many way people can lose their password to hackers these day, here is how you...