Phishing is the illegal deceptive process of trying to get confidential or private information such as the user name, password, and financial details by commonly masquerading as established institutions or even trustworthy websites.
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~~Ways to prevent Phishing~~
1. Do Not trust e-mails urgently requesting personal financial information.
Phishers want you to react immediately and therefore include upsetting or exciting statements which trigger fear or happiness. They may falsely claim suspicious withdrawals from your banking account, present you as the winner of a lottery or play on your passion for example politics / religion. Never give any account information on the web, no bank or any internet comerce will EVER need to ask you for your account information.
2. NEVER fill out forms in email messages that ask for personal financial information.
Typically phishing scams or hoaxes ask for information such as usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, and social security numbers through an online form.Frankly speaking, the banking companies have better control over their customers and would never ask for account information. A request for these types of info should ring the alarm bell.
3. Always ensure that you're using a secure website when submitting credit card or other sensitive information via your Web browser.
By checking the beginning of the Web address in your browsers address bar showing "https://" rather than just “http://” would ensure that you are using an encrypted secure website. A small chain will also show in your browser when you are using a secure website.
4. Be suspicious of impersonal emails.
Phishing attacks are directed towards millions of people through email spam. The emails sent out during a phish are therefore impersonal and general, contrary to emails from your bank which are usually personal in nature.
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