Avoid credit crad fraud


Identity Theft: Phishing in Dangerous Water

Have you received one yet? You know. Theneed to review all emails requesting personal
email directing you to visit a familiarinformation carefully. When reviewing your
website where for some odd reason you'reemail remember that the "From Field" can be
being asked to update your personaleasily changed by the sender. While it may
information? The website asks you to verifylook like it's coming from a company you do
your passwords, credit card numbers, socialbusiness with, looks can be deceiving. Keep
security number, or even your bank account.in mind that phishers will go all out in
You recognize the company name as one thattrying to make their emails look as
you've done business with in the past, so youlegitimate as possible. They will even copy
click on the "take me there" link and proceedlogos or images from the official site to use
to provide all the information they'vein their emails. They also like to include a
requested. No problem right? Except youclickable link which the recipient can follow
find out much later that the website is ato  conveniently  "update" their information.
fraud. It was created for one reason: to
steal your personal information. Welcome toHow do you check to see if the link is
the  world  of  phishing.authentic? Point at the link with your
mouse, and then look in the bottom left hand
Phishing (pronounced as "fishing") means toscreen of your computer. The actual website
send an email to a recipient falsely claimingaddress to which you are being directed will
to have an established, legitimate business.show up for you to view. This is a fast and
By fooling the recipient into giving theireasy way to check if you are being directed
private information, the phisher has into  a  legitimate  site.
effect  stolen  their  identity.
Also never and I mean NEVER click the links
It's not easy to spot an email phishing forwithin the text of the e-mail. Delete the
information. At first glance, the email maye-mail immediately and empty the trash box in
look like it is from a legitimate company.all of your e-mail accounts as well. If you
The "From" field of the e-mail may have theare truly concerned that you are missing an
.com address of the company mentioned in theimportant notice regarding one of your
e-mail. The clickable link even appears toaccounts, then type the full URL address of
take you to the company's website, but inthe website into your browser. That way you
fact, it is a fake website built to replicatecan be confident that you are being directed
the  legitimate  site.to  the  true  and  legitimate  website.
Many of these people are professionalPhishing is a major weapon of choice for
criminals that have spent considerable timeonline identity thieves. Don't get hooked.
in creating emails that look authentic. Users



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