How to Spot a Phising -Email Scam !
Scammers love phishing , infact a professional income source for them to earn money . As there are rapid technological developments taking place, there is no fully stop to scam and scammers. Internet is the best source for this scammers , which really puts question mark on security and safety.
Phishing is one of the modern weapon of cyber criminals and shooting up at alarming rate through internet.
Phishing is the process of sending False or (fake) email messages that claim to be from a company or firm or organisation that you may trust, usually a bank or other financial organisation (E.g. PayPal, Ebay, Natwest, Bank of America etc.).
Phishing email will look exactly the same like a legitimate email or message from bank same color or logo or even website format. But Please Hold on ,here comes the difference between real and fake, which can result to a scam. Simply the difference is when you submit your information, in that sense and sequence you are not submitting to real company or firm.
It will be sent to phishers i.e criminals who in return can use that information to steal personal information, which can be result of identity theft, Therefore Getting fooled by an email warning of some new crime or promising free money can be embarrassing and dangerous.
Here are some tips for How To spot these phishing scams and defense them.
1.Prevention is the best defense and so awareness and alertness is the key factors. Therefore always verify the facts against fictions .Scammers always sponsors email and moreover from friends list to trick the people , so be careful while forwarding mails ,checkout and verify the database.
2.Beware of the emails asking personal information,promising job with rich gains . Strictly do not respond to such emails . They are categorized under spam mail , which can be even destructive for personal computers.
3.Always avoid visiting untrusted site , because they are fake and provides false information to mislead the victims.
4.Avoid clicking to any link or attachments that comes with email.Because hackers can sponsor any malicious activities and try to steal the personal information through malware tactics.
5.Scammer always target number factor ,i.e social security number ,credit card number,passport number ,password ,date of birth etc. therefore if you receive email from company or firm asking about personal details mention above ,strictly avoid responding to such emails.
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