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Nowadays, the cyber world can be dangerous and threatening. All of us need to be alert and against all the possible threats when we use Internet. Everyone also need to strengthen their Internet knowledge to protect themselves from become the victims of phishing.
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So what is "phishing"?
"Phishing" pronounces as "fishing". Basically, phishing is a technique that hackers, fraudsters request and obtain other people's personal information such as credit card numbers, password under a false pretense of a particular web page such as online banking through Internet.
Many Internet users received anonymous emails that state they have problem to log in to the system and request them to go to the provided link and insert their log in id and password. The provided link could be fake and it controls by the hacker or fraudster at the other server. Once you enter your log in details, fraudster might obtain those information and hack into your account. If more serious, you might lose money!
Here is a video to help you understand more on how phishing works?
Phishing Scams in Plain English, leelefever, Youtube [online]
Video Retrieved on 22nd January 2010
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRZGhiHGxg
Protect your online information by spotting a phishing email then you would not become a phishing victim. Please be reminded, bank will never ask you to confirm your account details by an emails so, you also need to beware of other phishing emails which look like send by other possible companies that you trust! We conclude three ways to find out a phishing email:
Step 1: Check your name.
Your name will not appear in the emails. Usually fraudsters write "Dear Valued Customer" because the same email sends to many people. Therefore, it is not trustable.
Step 2: Check for the spelling mistake.
Phishing emails use the real logo and the name of the company but it is not authentic if you found spelling mistake in the emails include the title. A fake site usually contains mistakes!
Step 3: Look at the URL links attach in the emails.
If the emails ask you to click on the provided, never click it and you check the link whether is look different from the original web site URL. This anonymous link hosts by the fraudsters, it just looks like similar to the original web site URL if you are not aware of it.
If you found out these three suspicious points in the emails that you have received please don't reply and click on anythings, it is phishing scams! You could be safe from phishing and protect your online information easily.
Many Internet users received anonymous emails that state they have problem to log in to the system and request them to go to the provided link and insert their log in id and password. The provided link could be fake and it controls by the hacker or fraudster at the other server. Once you enter your log in details, fraudster might obtain those information and hack into your account. If more serious, you might lose money!
Here is a video to help you understand more on how phishing works?
Phishing Scams in Plain English, leelefever, Youtube [online]
Video Retrieved on 22nd January 2010
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRZGhiHGxg
Protect your online information by spotting a phishing email then you would not become a phishing victim. Please be reminded, bank will never ask you to confirm your account details by an emails so, you also need to beware of other phishing emails which look like send by other possible companies that you trust! We conclude three ways to find out a phishing email:
Step 1: Check your name.
Your name will not appear in the emails. Usually fraudsters write "Dear Valued Customer" because the same email sends to many people. Therefore, it is not trustable.
Step 2: Check for the spelling mistake.
Phishing emails use the real logo and the name of the company but it is not authentic if you found spelling mistake in the emails include the title. A fake site usually contains mistakes!
Step 3: Look at the URL links attach in the emails.
If the emails ask you to click on the provided, never click it and you check the link whether is look different from the original web site URL. This anonymous link hosts by the fraudsters, it just looks like similar to the original web site URL if you are not aware of it.
If you found out these three suspicious points in the emails that you have received please don't reply and click on anythings, it is phishing scams! You could be safe from phishing and protect your online information easily.
John Bisner, How Online Security Threats Can Damage Your Computer, Knol [Online]
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