Review on a post on Legal from My E-Commerce Blog

After review on the Legal from e-commerce blog, I found that a lot of Internet users have unauthorized using their technical knowledge about technology and Internet to hack into the organization system to stole employees personal data and customers personal data. The potential risk of this action is the data could be used to apply loans or credit cards under false names. These hackers may abuse these confidential information for their personal purpose.

Online Fraud

On the other hand, some of the illegal company also using the Internet to cheat customer's money. Through review on the news that posted on the blog, I have been noticed that there are 66 people were cheated of their money after making Internet purchases of skincare products from someone named “Big Pussycat.”The victims made online transfers amounting to RM73,445.10 for the products which came under names such as “My Beauty” and “My Sherman Beauty” that had been advertised on “Big Pussycat's.” website.Since there are many victims cheated by online fraud, I would like to suggest several ways to prevent online fraud to all of you.

Ways to prevent online fraud:

1.Diversify your passwords. Many people use the same password for all their important internet access points. While this can make remembering the passwords easier, it also plays into the hands of internet crooks.

Tip: Use a different password at all sites to which you normally login. You can alter them by just a character or two if you want.

2. Never login to a site via an Email link. Reputable financial institutions or e-commerce sites will never send you an email which contains, in the body of the email message, the login and password fields.

Tip: Assume any unexpected email you get from a financial institution or other e-commerce site to be a scam unless you go directly to the site by typing in the URL into your browser and see the information verified there.

3.Know who you are doing business with. Whether you are purchasing items in an online auction or making a purchase from an online store, be sure to determine whether this business is reputable.

Tip: If you are making a large purchase, insist on having a phone number for the store and call it to confirm their identity. Check directory information for their city and make sure they exist. If the seller refuses to give you this information, do not do business with them.

SMS Spam

After review from the blog, I have found that there are some handphone users use the hanphone to do SMS spam.Some fraudster is trying to steal your personal information by tricking you with a text message or by getting you to go to a fake Web site and enter personal information, like your bank account login and password. SMS spamming is unwanted junk mail delivered as text messages to your cell phone. The Star newspaper has reported that after the recent SMS scam attack on Digi subscribers, now is the turn for Maxis subscribers to experience the similar SMS scam.

Subscribers will be informed through SMSes that they had won some cash worth a few thousands from Maxis. In order to withdraw the money, they were required to call a foreign 15 digits phone number to provide then with the bank account number.A Maxis spokeperson beside denying their involvement, also reminded the subscribers to ignore these types of SMSes. The SMS scams cases have increasing and cheated a lot of people. Those people who have received this type of SMS have to call back to the mobile services operators to make sure and check whether the SMS is really sent by the company.In addition, the government also should take action against those people who use SMS to cheat the customers.