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Phishing scam

 


In a phishing scam an email with a URL is sent to you as if it was legitimate with the objetive of getting your personal information to try to impersonate you and get into your accounts.


Here is link that can help you recognise if an email is a scam.

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/small-businesses/cybersecurity/quiz/phishing


Here are five advices to avoid or solve the problem:

- When you get an email saying that they need your personal information you should verify that they are who they say.

- If you an email contains a link to another website to renew your passwords you should first verify with the person that sent you the email to know if the link is real.

- Use the email authentication to help protect your email.

- If you fall it into this scam you should change any compromised passwords.

- If you dont know where the email from you shouldnt pay attention to it.

What tip was the best?

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Comments

Clockset said…
Hello, I'm Lucy. I must admit, I was impressed by this post. The website you linked is quite useful and gives good advice. So do most of your tips. However, personaly, the first two tips you gave aren't quite complete. They are useful, but it would be nice to know 'how' to verify who the other person is on an email.
So, overall, the post is very good and useful, but not quite complete (in my opninion).
25 October 2023 at 01:39
Clockset said…
Now, to my mind tip number 3 is the most useful. A lot of people tend to pay no attention to MFA, even though it is one of the most efficient ways to secure your account. It gives you extra steps to not suffer from a brute force attack, and in case it does happen, it gives you the chance to act upon it and change your password. That's the main reason as to why I think it deserves a vote.
25 October 2023 at 01:43
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