I know of a merchant who gets a fair number of credit card sales from a form that sends him the information via unencrypted e-mail. His customers happily enter their credit card numbers, and no one has ever even questioned it. Nevertheless, he is playing with fire. The buyer gets caught up in the bidding process, comes away with a good price, but never receives the merchandise. Auction fraud makes up about half of the Internet fraud cases.
Merchandise is paid for but never delivered.
Charges for Internet services that were supposedly free. Shopping online may be new, but the laws governing commerce are well established. The same laws that apply to mail and telephone orders apply to online shopping. Buyers are Satisfied The vast majority of Internet shoppers are getting good products at good prices and receiving good service. Consumers and merchants alike have more options than ever before.