假日购物安全提示

When the busiest shopping weekend of the year arrives, if you'll be one of the millions of holiday shoppers, take some extra precautions with your personal information and purchases to 保护你自己 在假期里. 一定要看看这些 假日储蓄小贴士 在你购物之前.

安全的购物

从打架到 身份盗窃, shopping at Black Friday sales brings a few safety risks. Consider these holiday shopping safety tips:

• Keep your purse close to your body or your wallet in an inside coat pocket or front pants pocket.
• 不要为一件事争论或争吵.
• Don't take your money out until asked and don't flash a lot of cash.
• 只使用一张信用卡. 数据泄露 have occurred in the past at major retailers and credit card companies. Should something similar occur, you can reduce the risk of having multiple cards compromised.
• Save your receipts and monitor your credit card activity by reviewing your bill immediately or periodically checking the online app.
• Ask for help moving and loading large items if needed.
• If shopping with children, select a central location to meet in case you are separated. Teach kids how to ask a security guard or employee for help if they're lost.

我在车里怎样才能更安全?

With so many people out and about, you may encounter aggressive drivers on the road. 不要增加问题:记住要 防御性驾驶 不要让路怒情绪上升. 停车场可能很危险 同样，所以要警惕:

• Be patient when looking for a parking space. Don't speed up to catch that empty (or soon-to-be empty) spot, 对其他这样做的司机要小心.
• 把车停在光线充足的地方.
• 不要把贵重物品留在车里.
• 锁好你的车.
• 记住你把车停在哪里了.
• Have your keys in hand when walking back to your 车辆.
• Look around and under your 车辆 before approaching it.
• Store shopping bags out of plain sight, in your trunk if possible.
• Look for other cars or people, and back out slowly.

网上购物如何保证安全

Opting to join Black Friday online or Cyber Monday from your couch? You still need to be on the lookout for holiday 诈骗和身份盗窃.

• Stick to retailers you know and, preferably, have shopped with before.
• 研究 a business you haven't purchased from before by checking customer reviews or complaints with the Better Business Bureau.
• Never commit to a deal that seems too good to be true.
• Avoid using a debit card since dispute reimbursements may be less than 信用卡.
• 避免使用 公共无线网络 to make purchases, or use a VPN to avoid hackers intercepting your information.
• Check a webpage's security by looking for the lock icon in the URL field, and making sure the URL starts with "http", 不仅仅是“http”. The "s" means the site is safer and more secure.