If you like to buy things on-line but are faced with mounting concern about the security of your transactions and your identity, you may want to try Virtual Credit Card purchases.
  Let's face it, shopping on the Web is fun, but these days a lot of us have lost confidence in the security of shopping this way.
  The Internet has brought us the convenience and ease of being able to make purchases from our favorite suppliers without ever having to leave home.
  However, with this increased ease, has come increased threat to our accounts and identity.
  The chance that someone might lift your numbers and steal from your personal accounts or gain access to your private information dangles over your head, robbing you of the confidence you should be able to enjoy when making purchases on-line.
  A Virtual Credit Card may help you to shop on the Internet with restored assurance.
  They are as easy to use as a regular credit card but, because they are virtual, they eliminate your exposure.
  A special credit card number is generated by computer and assigned to you for short-term use.
  This is a one-time assignment, so individual purchases require different numbers.
  In the unlikely event that someone snatches the number of this Virtual Credit Card, they will not be able to use it.
  You have already used it for its sole allotted purchase.
You can purchase a Virtual Credit Card from most any of the major credit card companies and pay through PayPal, if you like.
These are actually prepaid cards.
  You deposit a specific amount of money and you're issued a series of numbers and an expiration date.
  One number is usually good for only one transaction.
The Virtual Credit Card provides total assurance.
  One number for one transaction eliminates even the possibility of someone using the number again.
  There's no credit check for you to purchase or use one of these cyber-cards.
  The limitations on Virtual Credit Cards are not very restrictive.
  You cannot use them in a hotel, restaurant, or store.
  You cannot use them to purchase something that may take longer to process than the life of the card, like travel packages or event tickets.
  You cannot use them for automatic payments, etc.
So if you're worried, possibly to the point of distraction, about the security of your on-line transactions, a Virtual Credit Card may be the way to bring some confidence to your on-line shopping and allow you to fully enjoy the convenience and ease of buying this way once more.