Online shopping - fast, comfortable with competitive prices. However, online shopping calls for some precautions. 

Police reports indicate that the practice of swindling through web sites is more and more frequent.

Police in Chrzanów completed the proceeding connected with the Internet swindler who offered mobile phones on the auction portal in very attractive prices. Yet, customers  after sending money to the indicated bank  account, did not receive the ordered goods . 

A swindler who also offered mobile phones and tablets for sale in attractive prices below their market value, can be another example. Purchasers received neither ordered goods nor the refund. According to the police, it appears that in the same way the perpetrator managed to cheat as many as 82 people from different places in Poland. Swindler, has often changed his personal details, the contact number, the e-mail address or also numbers of bank accounts. 

Remember to check the credibility of the seller before purchasing on auction site, browse through comments from other purchasers. Even the substantial number of comments does not  guarantee the safe transaction. Internet swindlers often sell the goods of low value in order to collect the substantial number of positive comments. Pay attention to the payment method.

Can we also have an option of cash on delivery? 

It is advisable to insure the transaction, then we are able to get money back from the auction portal. In such a situation we have to report the fraud to the police. We need fully documented case - confirmation of the payment, the correspondence with the seller.  We file an application for the refund to the auction portal with the official number of case and the police station where the fraud report was filed.