Protect Yourself Against Phishing
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Avoid Phishing Scams
This page will tell you about phishing types and give some general web security tips that can help you to avoid falling victim of Internet Phishing and to detect those fake websites easily.
Phishing scams cause a lot of finance loss every year ,so it is important to know how phishing works and avoid it.
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What is Email Phishing ?
Phishing emails is an emails ask you to send information via email ,or contain link to page that require you to enter senseitive info .These messages look authentic and attempt to get victims to reveal their personal information .Popular phishing emails cleches :
"There is suspicious activity on your credit card and you need to verify a transaction immediately or they will suspend your account"
"You have won some Unknown lottery and you have to send us your details to claim it".
"Your eBay account was about to be suspended unless he clicked on the provided link and updated the credit card information that the genuine eBay already had."
DO NOT email your login details to anyone .
Identity Theft Phishing
Facebook Phishing
If a link posted by facebook fan page or facebook user leads to Facebook login page ,stop and check URL tab in your browser to ensure that you are in "www.facebook.com" ,if not , just close this page because it's a Facebook phishing page.Phishing pages are created to look identical to authentic Facebook pages ,and you can distinguish them by URL.phishing links can be spread by applications ,so do not grant permission to any unknown application.
The first thing you should do If you feel that you may have been the victim of a Facebook phishing scam, is change your Facebook password ,and revoke permission for any new application.
If you are using Firefox ,There is a great addon to warn you when a website other than Facebook requesting your credentials ,or unusual activity is detected.
facebook-phishing-protector
What is Malware Phishing ?
Malware may redirect your browser when you want to login into your important accounts such as bank account to phishing page looks like the wanted login page to steal your critical information.
Malware can reach computer by many ways ,it can be included in other downloadable sofwares from internet ,sent by email as an attachment ,or exploiting known browser security vulnerabilities.
How to protect from Malware Phishing:
- Do not download software from unknown sources .
- Do not download and run any email attachment contains EXE file.
- Download good anti virus or firewall software and keep it up-to-date .
- Always keep your browser up-to-date .
Recommended Anti Phishing Software
DontPhishMe extension for Chrome .
Have you been a victim of phishing?
Yes
cajkovska says:
Unfortunaly...:( But now i'm more carefull
No , never
intermarks says:
I always make sure I only access my account directly from the correct website by typing in the URL myself.
Final Tips To Avoid Phishing
- Use an up-to-date browser that features an anti-phishing black list.
- Do not click on links within emails that ask for your personal information.
- Protect your computer with spam filters, anti-virus and anti-spyware software, and a firewall, and keep them up to date.
- Open email attachments ONLY if you're expecting them and know what they contain.
- Use unique logins and passwords for each of the websites you use.
- Consider installing a Web browser tool bar to help protect you from known fraudulent websites. These toolbars match where you are going with lists of known phisher Web sites and will alert you.
- Be suspicious of any email with urgent requests for personal financial information.
- Be sure that you add only known people to your Facebook profile and do not allow any random applications to your profile.
- Be cautious of any message, post or link you find on Facebook that looks suspicious or requires an additional login.
- Get in the habit of looking at the URL address line ,when you are required to enter login information , credit card and any other important details ,and check if URL points to correct website .
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What do think about Phishing ?
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Sheryl Love
May 14, 2012 @ 10:25 am | delete
- Mobility in scams: As consumers are wising up to their scams, phishers are moving on to newer media to launch their scams. Mobile phones, a necessity in today's world, are the latest targets. Text messages purporting to originate from your bank warn you that unless you confirm your account information, it will be deactivated. IGNORE these messages, they are always spam.
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Laurence Lang
May 14, 2012 @ 10:20 am | delete
- It's a scam that generates billions of dollars even when only 5 percent of the darts hit the target, it threatens the integrity of online transactions between customers and e-business houses, it's a constant cat-and-mouse game between the perpetrators and the security guys hot on their heels - phishing, carding, brand spoofing, web spoofing - call it what you will, there's no escaping the fact that the threat of this swindle is getting more dangerous by the day.
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Scriber1
Feb 26, 2012 @ 10:33 am | delete
- Really useful information! I'll definitely be checking out some of your others lenses as well!
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DJam1
Feb 16, 2012 @ 6:31 pm | delete
- I thought you did a good job on this and will be back!
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intermarks
Jan 29, 2012 @ 9:14 pm | delete
- As the technology advance pretty fast, scammer are also getting smarter and came out with all kind of unexpected method to lure and hack into someone account. So, we all should be very careful for that. Good information for people who are not careful.
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