Booking accomodation on the Internet

[trionam]

Hi I am considering booking a villa in lanzorote over the net and have been liasing with the company by email I am just wondering is this safe to do, the website seems quite legit but I dont want to take the chance of being scamed, I there any steps I can take to protect myself?

[ok_computer]

Isn't there an "ATOL protected" symbol you can look for??

[trionam]

Never heard of that what is it?