The Dangers of Online Crime
The Internet is full of sites that sell counterfeit products as orginals, all depriving the copyright holder of their entitlement:-
Branded Clothing
DVD’s/Videos
Music CD’s
Watches
Phone Accessories
MP3 Players
These may all look like the original, but when you receive the product you soon find the quality is inferior and you have no come back with the manufacturer because they are fake products.
Similarily there are websites which offer goods which when orders are placed, they accept your funds but never ship the goods, or worse use your credit card information to steal money from your account. The general rule is don’t buy from a company that doesn’t have a physical entity that you can identify i.e. an Address and Telephone Number that you can contact.
The Solution
The only real protection from Internet Crime is to be aware and careful. Only buy from reputable sources preferably companies which have a physical entity i.e. Name and Address rather than just a virtual entity i.e. Email Address and Domain Name.
If in doubt it may be worth going to www.google.co.uk and seeing if anyone has any feedback on the company that you are thinking of buying from, by typing the company name into the search field.