Needham Company Allows Workers To Shop On Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday sales are a great way to avoid store crowds during the holidays, but there are still risks to shopping online, according to the Reno Police Department.

And, make no mistake, these criminals are well-organised gangs with as many as ten people working as a team.

Giglio said employer should to lay down ground rules for Cyber Monday in the workplace.

The migration from brick-and-mortar retailers to online shopping is pronounced.

But online shopping comes with risks, and recent research from comparethemarket.com has found cyber criminals are expected to pocked £8.6million from tomorrow’s spending bonanza alone.

Colton Corriveau, meanwhile, returned a 43-inch television he called an “impulse buy” he made Thursday at Best Buy after a TV he had targeted at the store sold out quickly. And didn’t you already get a paper card from them last week? “Normally we run with one person back there, we’ll probably have two to three people prepping the orders and getting them boxed up and shipped out”. “Financial institutions rarely ask customers to update information via email, and they never ask you to disclose sensitive information via email”. The “S” at the end of HTTPS indicates that the website is secure because it is encrypted, which makes it safer to enter credit card or other personal information.

Shop with a credit card.

Use anti-virus software. To ensure your computer and personal information are safe, use anti-virus software on your computer or mobile device and keep it up-to-date. Use common sense and avoid deals that seem “too good to be true”. Instead, create a unique passphrase for each website you shop on, for example, something like “longpassword123”.

Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, released figures showing Christmas shoppers were fleeced out of more than £10million in online scams a year ago. Afterward, 13 percent will feel so guilty about their low productivity that they’ll stay late or work from home in the evening. Bear in mind, some purchases are often better to make in person where you can check out an item and see if it does what you want it to or is the right size.

“Consumers needs to be diligent during the holiday shopping season”, says Caleb Barlow, Vice President, IBM Security.

“Sometimes our clients will give the scammers their credit cards and of course most banks now they have features in place to either help stop it”. Some companies even have a “zero liability” policy and will take care of any fraudulent charges that may occur.

If you become a victim of fraud, when you use a credit card, it’s their money.