The internet connection has improved our lives a lot and online shopping is the perfect example. It´s the action of buying products or services over the internet. The consumer goes online, chooses the object and pays for it. Today, we can purchase nearly anything online.

This activity has become a trend, but it’s not always the perfect option. We are going to show you the advantages and the dangers, where customers can complaint about an online purchase and some organizations that protect customers’ rights, stratagems to make consumers spend more money and what can we do to be protected from online scams. In the end we will to do a mind map related with online shopping.

-Secure site purchases;

-Searching the website before ordering;

-Reading the site´s policies on privacy and security;

-Be aware of cookies;

-Never provide our social security number;

-Use of prepaid credit cards and mobile payment options to avoid identify theft;

-Be careful clicking links in fishy-looking emails.

There are more ways to protect ourselves from online shopping scams but in fact these will be the most important of all.

In summary, this popular proceeding of shopping may be convenient but not always the best recourse.