Prevent Phishing
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Phishing, is a way of deception through emails. Fraudsters fool gullible people by sending them emails and web sites and unknowingly, they ar econned into revealing their private informations, bank accounts, credit card numbers and other things of personal value. A Phishing attack starts with a fake email that is sent to your Inbox. The phishing email surely lokks like a true mail sent by the affected bank or online accounts. Like eBay, Paypal. And other times, the email will be a request for help and it promises to pay you up with big monetary rewards. The letter or email will direct you to a fake website which masquerades as a legitimate one and then will be asked for personal information. You will know of a phishing email because it generally starts with attention grabbing headlines or a note of distress. For example, YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. The letter is meant to surprise or shock the reader so you’ll be forced to send out your personal information. Another one is a phishing email that promised to reward you with millions of dollars by helping out transfer funds to your account. All these are generally easy to detect bu tmind you, a lot of people get conned and stripped of their accounts because of this. The best way is to stay alert and focus on things that happen in and out of the net.
Filed under: General on October 7th, 2008