Tips for Safe Online Shopping -

Shop from a comfortable site  - Start at a trusted site rather than shopping with a search engine. Search results can be rigged to lead you astray, especially when you drift past the first few pages of links. Also, comparing products on sites like Bizrate can give you confidence that you're getting a fair price

Double check pricing - Be suspicious of prices that are too good to be true. Also consider carefully whether you may be paying too much for an item, particularly if you're bidding through an auction site. You may want to comparison shop, online or offline, before you buy. Make sure there are not extra shipping or handling costs

Make sure you are on the correct site - Once you arrive at a site, you need to make sure that it is legitimate and not a fake or spoofed version.

Share payment information only with known or reputable vendors - The single best thing you can to do protect yourself is to be careful about who you’re giving your payment details to. If you’re not entirely sure whether the retailer you’re visiting is reliable, do some research to verify its authenticity and security.

Use online payment services such as PayPal - Services like PayPal, Bill Me Later, and PaySimple keep your credit-card information stored on a secure server, and then let you make purchases online without revealing your credit details to retailers.

Use strong passwords - Choose passwords that are difficult to guess and are at least 10 characters long consisting of a combination of numbers, letters, and symbols. Remember to keep your passwords private and don't set your computer to remember your credit card number or password when you create an account on an online shopping site.