How to beat online identity fraudsters

Shopping online has its advantages, but it also comes with its dangers: Internet-related fraud is big business.

While the introduction of chip and PIN technology has driven face-to-face fraud down, criminals are increasingly turning to cyberspace.

Card-not-present fraud - that committed over the phone, over the Internet or by mail order - rose 37 percent last year, according to the figures from APACS, the UK payments association.