Advice on procurement
How to buy a safe?
Purchases on the Internet are not immune to any scam, even among themselves recognized sites. One of them is called phishing. It is a "thief" who perfectly reproduced copy of the site of a provider as your bank or an online store with the aim of harming you collecting your privacy. To protect against this theft, you need a bodyguard. The bodyguard called the anti-phishing filter. It is a tool that is designed to prevent access to your fake Internet pages. Simply put, we recommend that you install the latest version of the Internet Explorer browser (IE7). This browser has the advantage of containing a system of protection against bandits phishing. If you are working on Vista, note that already incorporates IE7.




How does this anti-phishing filter of IE7.
It's simple. By referring to a file containing a list of all suspected phishing sites, the filter responds by opening a window warning if you come across a fake site dye bar IE7 red. If the site is deemed suspicious, but not much doubt, the bar is colored orange. If the risk is zero, the site allows you to continue working in the bar dye green.


Also, do not forget to check before making your purchase (when you will enter your banking information) if the URL http ends with an "s". This gives https. At the same time the image of a padlock must be visible on the toolbar or addresses at the bottom left of your screen.


Be careful in choosing your password. It is advisable to use passwords very complex. And try to be renewed regularly.


We also invite you to check whether the site contains legal information about the company. A site that failed to mention his address, his phone, his SIRET number (for France) and its VAT registration number (for all European countries) is not trustworthy. If in doubt do not hesitate to contact one of the leaders of the site by phone instead of simply an electronic correspondence. Spend a little credit consumption telephone to authenticate your trading partner.


With regard to the authentication of a company to know if it really exists, you can use sites like www.société.com authentication (for the French) or www.bbb.com (for American firms or dun and bradstreet www.dnb.com (for any international company).


One of the best ways to secure your shopping is to use your paypal as a means of payment. This is the most secure yet. It's very simple to use. One of the advantages of Paypal is that once you create your account and that your information is transmitted to the site, now simply enter your password to make payments. The site even offers free guide 2007 on electronic commerce secure written by Robert Chesnut, one of the eminent international scams on the Internet and high-tech crime.