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Who’s behind this? Look:
Hackers want to convince anyone who’s willing to watch, visit or find sex excitement in the internet, by clicking at images created by them, you, the curious or naive person and either someone looking for easy adventure in the web, are sent to pages already configured to invade your privacy, get all your private data (credit card accounts, bank account, name, addresses and passwords) and use it as if they were you. Today’s banks, businesses and the like had created protection for you, the user …the problems: many users are careless or do not want to go through the procedure of securing their money or data, they think that the place their data is deposited is secured, yet those places cannot secure your money or personal data from yourself! Understand that? You are the boss, not them. Think of that, so, pirates (hacker) go after you)
Protect yourself from phishing
Phishing (pronounced: fishing) is an attack that attempts to steal
your money, or your identity, by getting you to reveal personal information
-- such as credit card numbers, bank information, or passwords -- on
websites that pretend to be legitimate. Cybercriminals typically pretend to be
reputable companies, friends, or acquaintances in a fake message, which contains
a link to a phishing website.
Learn to spot a
phishing message
Phishing is a popular form of cybercrime because of how effective it is.
Cybercriminals have been successful using emails, text messages, direct
messages on social media or in video games, to get people to respond with their
personal information. The best defense is awareness and knowing what to look
for.
Here are some ways to recognize a phishing email:
§ Urgent call to
action or threats - Be suspicious of emails that claim you must click, call, or open
an attachment immediately. Often, they'll claim you have to act now to claim a
reward or avoid a penalty. Creating a false sense of urgency is a common trick
of phishing attacks and scams. They do that so that you won't think about it
too much or consult with a trusted advisor who may warn you.
Tip: Whenever you see a
message calling for immediate action take a moment, pause, and look carefully
at the message. Are you sure it's real? Slow down and be safe.
§ First time or
infrequent senders - While it's not unusual to receive an email from someone for
the first time, especially if they are outside your organization, this can be a
sign of phishing. When you get an email from somebody you don't recognize,
or that Outlook identifies as a new sender, take a moment to examine it
extra carefully before you proceed.
§ Spelling and bad
grammar - Professional companies and organizations usually have an
editorial staff to ensure customers get high-quality, professional content. If
an email message has obvious spelling or grammatical errors, it might
be a scam. These errors are sometimes the result of awkward translation from a
foreign language, and sometimes they're deliberate in an attempt to evade
filters that try to block these attacks.
§ Generic greetings - An
organization that works with you should know your name and these days it's easy
to personalize an email. If the email starts with a generic "Dear sir or
madam" that's a warning sign that it might not really be your bank or
shopping site.
§ Mismatched email
domains - If the email claims to be from a reputable company, like
Microsoft or your bank, but the email is being sent from another email domain
like Gmail.com, or microsoftsupport.ru it's probably a scam. Also be
watchful for very subtle misspellings of the legitimate domain name. Like
micros0ft.com where the second "o" has been replaced by a 0, or
rnicrosoft.com, where the "m" has been replaced by an
"r" and a "n". These are common tricks of scammers.
§ Suspicious links or
unexpected attachments - If you suspect that an email message
is a scam, don't open any links or attachments that you see. Instead, hover
your mouse over, but don't click, the link to see if the address matches
the link that was typed in the message. In the following example, resting the
mouse over the link reveals the real web address in the box with the
yellow background. Note that the string of numbers looks nothing like the
company's web address.
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