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Nowadays, a lot of people use credit cards for online shopping. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages ?

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The use of plastic money is blossoming among many people throughout the world. I believe it to be extremely disadvantageous, not only because of identity theft, but
also
 because of spending beyond anyone’s means which is difficult to
payback
Suggestion
pay back
.
This
 essay will explore how these mega drawbacks have the potential to outshine any
benefit
. There are multiple disadvantages of
credit
card
 usage for e-commerce.
Firstly
, a major drawback associated with
this
 development is that hackers hack the personal
information
 of the users. Cyber criminals assume fake identities, and deliberately use the stolen
information
 to gain financial benefits. Take an example of India, where the number of
credit
card
 fraud victims is burgeoning due to the theft of personal
information
.
Thus
, the drawback of
information
 theft
clearly overshadow
Suggestion
clearly overshadows
 any
benefit
.
Secondly
, another major flaw related
with
Suggestion
to
 the use of electronic payment system is increase of debt upon
people
Suggestion
the people
. Many people land in a lot of
debt which
Accept comma addition
debt, which
 became difficult for them to return because they keep on buying unwanted things without thinking of
repercussions
Suggestion
the repercussions
.
For instance
, the American Bank has recently released a list of defaulters, who does not return their money used by
credit
 cards, and sentenced to
penitentiary
Suggestion
the penitentiary
.
Hence
,
this
benefit
 can almost single-handedly undermine any advantage.
However
, the only minor advantage I can relate to online payment is convenience, but
this
benefit
 is extremely rare and elusive because using
credit
Suggestion
a credit card
credit cards
card
 for bill payment contains a lot of risks, due to the fact that sharing personal
information
 is more likely to be misused by hackers. To sum up, I believe that the disadvantages of using
card
 money for shopping in terms of
cyber-crimes
crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs
cybercrime
 and have the potential to outshine any advantage of ease it brings.

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