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Originally Posted by Gecko
I....trusted sites ie- Paypal, Google, Hosting company, ebay etc.
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Some of these sites may not be "trusted". Paypal surely is; Your hosting company should be too and so should
direct dealings with EBay and Google, however, independent merchants/sellers on EBay may process their own transactions. If you made a payment directly to a seller you should consider the following:
- That seller now has your card number and may be involved in a credit card scam.
- You may have bought something for a few dollars thinking you were paying "via" EBay, but rather you statement will reflect the merchant that facilitated the transaction, which may be in Asia.
- The seller that you paid was not using a secure web site (https) and your credit card information was transmitted in a non encrypted way for any hacker to view if they have access to one of the many routers that your information went through.
Just some thoughts.