Phishing
Phishing is not a computer virus but it is another way to find out information about a person.
Phishing is when someone sends you an email that attaches you to a website where they ask you to fill out private information.
From those web sites the person who sent you the email is able to know your password, credit card numbers, social security
number, and bank account numbers. (internet.com- phishing)
Here are tips of what to do if gotten phishing.
” * Never put passwords into an email (email is not secure)
* If asked to click on a link, hover your mouse over then link and see if the link is the same as the hover information
* If possible type in the web information you hold already for your bank
* On a bank website look for the closed padlock symbol which shows that the site is secure
* If it looks at all suspicious don’t do anything with it
* Forward the email to your bank for them to deal with it
* Telephone your bank and ask if the email is genuine
* If you have been fooled and do enter information into a phishing web-site contact your bank immediately and them what
you have done. This may mean that your account is frozen while action is taken.
You will have to change passwords of course.” (Ezine articles)
Avoid filling any personal information on a website. If it is from a company you are familiar with, call that company
and ask them about the website.
Also, to prevent from being a phishing victim, i suggest that you provide yourself with an antivirus software.
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“Report Phishing Sites.” 8 Dec 2008 <http://www.us-cert.gov/nav/report_phishing.html>.
