Phishing

Phishing is an attempt to steal people’s personal information, and it is often done by cybercriminals. They install malicious software on your computer to steal personal information from your computer.

Sometimes, they use social engineering to convince you to install malicious software or hand over your personal information under false pretences. They send emails from addresses that appear to come from well-known websites or email addresses and convince you to fill forms with your personal information.

These cybercriminals often clone banks’ websites and convince you to fill in your banks’ details to steal from web users. Most times, the e-mails state that your information needs to be updated and then ask that you enter your username and password, after clicking a link in the e-mail.

The emails can be in form of a threat that your account will be closed if you don’t respond to an email message? Some may tell you that your security has been compromised. These online crime perpetrators also use web addresses that resemble the names of well-known companies but are slightly altered.

Some will call you on the phone, offering to help solve your computer problems, sell you a software license or convince you to download a software from a website.

The activities of attackers can be reported on Internet Explorer. On a suspicious site, click the gear icon and then point to Safety. Then click Report Unsafe Website and use the web page that is displayed to report the website.

On Google, open Gmail account, open the message and next to the reply button, click the Down arrow and click on ‘Report phishing.’

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