Security Certificate

How We Protect You

ThinkTrade Inc is committed to meeting the expected responsibilities for protecting your account and personal/Business information.

Anytime you are logged into the ThinkTrade Inc Web site (Taxexcise.com, Tax720.com, Tax2290.com, and Tax8849.com), you will be in a "secure session" that is established with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and verified by Thawte's Global Site Certificate Technology. While connected with SSL, every transmission between your computer and our websites are encrypted with 128-bit (strong) encryption, completely hiding your data while it travels to us.

Once the data reaches our servers, we store the sensitive information in encrypted form in our servers and in case of credit card information; we don’t store the information at all in our servers. We are very concerned about your security and we proactively have taken steps to thwart the risks.

How To Protect Yourself

ThinkTrade Inc uses a variety of technologies and techniques in an effort to keep your account information safe. To further reduce any security risks we want to provide you with some simple suggestions on how to conduct business over the Internet.

• Do not give your password to anyone. Also, do not record your password in an easily accessible place.
• Change your password often, and make it hard to guess!
• Prevent unauthorized people from using your personal computer.
• If you notice any suspicious activity with your account, report it immediately.
• Be leery of emails from sources you don't know. Please read more about phishing here.
• Never download files from an untrusted or unknown source.

Common Fraud Scams

Identity Theft

Identity theft occurs when another person uses your personal information without your consent to commit fraud or other crimes. Typical crimes include stealing money from your bank account, opening lines of credit under your name and applying for fraudulent loans. These crimes, as well as many others, can damage your credit, leave you responsible for bills, and cause you countless hours of frustration. To minimize the risk of identity theft, please learn more at the Federal Trade Commission web site.

Phishing Scams

Phishing is very popular. This type of deception is designed to steal your identity by getting you to disclose valuable personal data — like bank account information, credit card numbers, passwords, account data, or other information — by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business in an apparently official electronic communication like email. These emails can look quite convincing, with company logos and banners copied from actual web sites. Often, they will tell you that their security procedure has changed or that they need to update (or validate) your information, and then direct you to a look-alike web site. Never respond to these types of emails. You can either forward them to the institution that they are mimicking or delete them. Learn more about phishing here.

Pharming Scams

Pharming is when scam artists redirect Internet traffic from one web site to a different, identical-looking site in order to trick you into entering your user name and password into the database on their fake site. Banking and financial sites are often the target of these attacks, in which scam artist try to acquire your personal information in order to access your bank account, steal your identity, or commit other kinds of fraud in your name. The use of fake web sites may make Pharming sound similar to email Phishing scams, but Pharming is more insidious, since you can be redirected to a false site without any participation or knowledge on your part. Learn more about Pharming here.