
Because of the high rate of fraud, buying online products seems very dangerous for many. But there is a website that comes in support of these, but with informations for those that were victims already. Anyone that enters StolenIDsearch.com can verify if his credit card number was used by someone else. The designers of the website searched the Internet for credit card numbers in public places, but those that don't usually appear on regular search results. They found around 2 millions ! compromised credit cards. That means that the credit card number appears freely on a website and can be used without major difficulties by anyone to buy things in your name. There are even websites specialised in displaying credit card numbers, supporting online crime.
So if you want to know if your card was used by anyone else you just type your credit card number on StolenIDsearch.com , and the search engine will tell you. Many users feared that this website it's just another trick of the hackers to get more credit card numbers. This is not the case. The website is certified by three international certification systems : TrustedID, VeriSign and TrustE. It was also mentioned on many well-known publications, like Time, New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Users can see if their credit card number and associated data were used by someone else or if these are exposed to the hackers. They can make requests to banks to stop any transaction. They can also see on which websites their data is exposed.
Another interesting feature is the one that allows users to monitor in permanence a credit card number, and can be alerted by e-mail when his data is exposed. The average sum taken from a stolen Credit Card in USA is about 9,973 $, so you can really need protection.