Check for encryption or secure sites when providing confidential 
information online
Credit card and online banking sites are convenient and easy
 ways to purchase and handle financial transactions. They are also the 
most frequently spoofed or "faked" sites for phishing scams. Information
 you provide to online banking and shopping sites should be encrypted 
and the site's URL should begin with https. Some browsers have an icon 
representing a lock at the lower right of the browser window. For more 
information about phishing, please visit http://www.onguardonline.gov/phishing.html .