Dear readers,
Online shopping is very popular and convenient now.
In case you become the victim of an online scam, what can you do to mitigate the damage to you???
If you suspect that you are the victim of an online scam, you should call the police immediately!!!
If the police can immediately freeze the fraudster's bank account, you still have the opportunity to recover the frozen funds through civil procedures.
And you should call the police as soon as possible to avoid the money being transferred to another account.
The time for the civil procedure to recover the money could be completed within a few months.
The best way is to ask the online merchant to provide a copy of the business registration before online transactions to verify the existence of the merchant and facilitate future civil procedure to recover the money if online scam happened.
You can also choose some online merchants which provide payment method as pay at delivery, which is relatively safe.
I hope everyone can have happy and safe online shopping experience.
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