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henry d
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I`ve just tried to pay my energy bill and I was led to believe that when typing in my card details there should be a security "padlock" on screen,is this right ?

 

I just tried and couldn`t see it where it should have been and when I phoned them after several minutes of muzak and recorded messages of blah,I finally got one stating there was a security alert and the building was being evacuated............then they dumped my call :good:

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And in the address bar the URL should begin with HTTPS and not just HTTP.

 

Most browsers these days will work just fine with http:443 - so if you see a padlock and no HTTPS, it might not be something worth worrying about either.

 

Its a minefield.

 

I probably worry too much, certainly more than is healthy for the "man on the street", but its my job. I shop all the time on the net, and I am not as careful as I should be. I don't have to be though, use a respected credit card with an "on-line fraud guarantee" and you don't need to be :good:

 

Financial institutions don't take on-line fraud in this country seriously, until they do, I don't see why we should :good:

 

Agree, and whilst I can't be 100% sure, I'm reasonably confident that it was a "secure" internet order that lead to a lot of cash being removed from my credit card.

 

Did you get fleeced?

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