Keep your personal information safe from online prowlers. Here’s how:

The Internet offers a convenient way to conduct business. To ensure you use it safely, never input your credit card or other financial account numbers at a Web site unless it offers a secure transaction. A secure (or “encrypted”) transaction will have these two features:

1. An icon of a lock appears in the bottom strip of the Web browser page.



2. The URL address for the Web page changes from “http” to “https” for the page at which you input the personal data.

Report credit card fraud to one of the major credit reporting agencies, either online or by phone. (You can report the incident to any of the three agencies, as they share a common database.)

Equifax: 1-800-525-6285
www.equifax.com

Experian: 1-888-397-3742
www.experian.com

TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289
www.transunion.com