Here Is A List of Secur­ity Tips

This list of tips is for you to keep your­self safer online and off.

Unlike gumtree​.co​.za It is not recom­men­ded by Incred­ible Soft­ware Solu­tions that you pay a stranger cash in a place you have never been before.

• Always Pay By Credit Card Online,

  You have Greater Pro­tec­tion Inter­na­tion­ally. Banks are held by the agree­ment they sign, just as mer­chants are and both are jointly and sev­er­ally liable in many coun­tries. You are also covered by the other reg­u­la­tions in South Africa regard­ing fraud. If the trans­ac­tion done with your card was not by you and was fraud­u­lent than bank has to give you your money back. And the charges.

• Always make sure if at all pos­sible that you have a secure way to pay, a com­mon way is the pay­ment gate­ways or the VISA 3D secur­ity system.
• Always make sure the site has a valid SSL certificate.

Caller scams

There is a new scam doing the rounds. They give you seem­ingly legit details of trans­ac­tions you have done at a res­taur­ant or some local.

Under no cir­cum­stances do you give your cvv/​last three digits at the back of the card unless you are the one who called the trus­ted mer­chant to make the trans­ac­tion. The bank will NOT ask for this inform­a­tion, banks will also not ask for your pin.

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