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Fraud prevention information To all Current and Future Customers
Due to
overwhelming calls being received at our customer service department complaining
about how they were scammed or misinformed by other websites while purchasing
online.
As a result, our management has taken a decision to educate and inform our
customers this holiday season about phony and unethical websites which are
scamming and double-dealing with customers.
We at
CellHut take fraud prevention very seriously and always wish that our
customers should be aware of several scam techniques i.e. (Phony websites,
Spoofing or phishing, mail frauds etc.) and learn to protect them selves
from being a victim from Scam Artists.
Please do not
disclose your personal and credit card information to these phony websites or
any Phishing mails
and prevent yourself from fraudulent use of your personal and credit card
information. We have made a small comparison chart in order to help to make your
online shopping a pleasant experience this holiday season. HAPPY HOLIDAYS :) .
We at CellHut.com
respect our customer’s privacy and providing highest possible security. Please
note the followings:
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This Web
site can securely transmit your credit card and order information for
processing through
VeriSign's secure online payment infrastructure.
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ControlScan
has tested
Cellhut.com for over 11,500 known website security vulnerabilities and
reviewed their privacy procedures. ControlScan has also conducted an in
depth business background verification and awarded CellHut.com with
the ControlScan seals of approval.
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If you
receive any mail or notice any phony website contacts us immediately at
(Please add Address) and our helpline nos. (please add nos.)
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We never
send you mail asking information about your credit/debit card etc. in case
you received any such mail please contact us immediately.
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We've made
every effort to make our system a secure one. In order to provide our
customers with the most secure and private online shopping environment
available, CellHUT.com
uses state-of-the-art technology to protect credit card numbers and other
confidential information you provide when placing an order. Any information
that you send to us while at our secure site is "encrypted" before it is
transmitted over the web.
Phony websites:
These websites
are created with sole intentions of gathering the financial information of a
user. They may trick you with similar looking websites, misspelled domains or
projecting themselves as genuine vendors. They may use fake guarantees;
fake ID’s or even publishes fake satisfaction guarantees. Most of the cases
it looks similar to a legitimate website.
There are
several reasons why such websites are refereed as phony and unethical. Please
read the following information carefully as it may help you to protect your self
from scam artists:
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Please check
the URL before submitting your information. They may use a misspelled domain
name, IP address, Sub domain, and similar looking domain i.e. using symbol,
characters, hyphens or adding numbers before and after the domain.
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These
websites may not have
contact information’s, PHONE NUMBER(S) TO CONTACT OR SPEAK TO A LIVE
REPRESENTATIVE. NO PHYSICAL ADDRESS AVAILABLE.
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They may
send occasional reply to emails but in most of the cases their will be no
reply from them at all.
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A genuine
website will never send you mails to update your “Financial
Information’s” or ask credit card
information over the mail.
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These
scam sites may sell obsolete products or even new products. They can
also use authentic logos, links of a real web page or a name of a real
person. You must check the
URL and spelling before providing your valuable information.
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You may
accidentally reach to a phony website by typing error, fraud emails, and
links from other websites etc. Please verify the authenticity before
dealing with them.
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They will
never accept checks
or ask you to send payments via checks. Please verify the details.
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Please look
for security logos
such as Hacker Safe, Control scan and click on them to verify if they are
valid or not.
E-mail Frauds, Phishing:
This is another
form of scam that tricks innocent people to provide financial information. You
may receive fraudulent emails using genuine logos or even genuine website name.
Check the URL in browser first as in most of the cases these links goes to an IP
address, Misspelled domains, or any other domains. Researching a bit can save
you from being one of the victims of Phishing or Mail frauds.
Below are the
general generic mails or urgent scam mails you may receive from them:
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Please
update your
account information urgently.
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We need to
verify your identity because your account appears to have been used by a
third party in violation of the law.
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Your account
will be closed unless your information is updated.
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You’re
required to verify your account information due to new security measures put
in place to protect your account from identity theft.
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