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Phishing:
I know what fishing is but what in the world is
phishing?
Phishing is bad, it is when a scammer will put
up a website look-alike and try to get you to
log into it so that they can receive your
personal info like credit cards, bank account
numbers, social security numbers, and so on.
Detect this fraud is not impossible, you just
have to be extra careful when you are dealing
with any personal or financial information.
The first rule is to never follow a link from
your email or another website when logging into
your account, always type it in the address bar
yourself.
Secondly make sure that the website has a
security lock on the bottom and that the address
bar says https:// instead of http:// ("S" stands
for secured server).
Some phishers have even created very intelligent
programs that will place an image on top of your
address bar to give the appearance that the
website is secure. If you ever feel that it may
be a phishing website follow your instinct and
get out.
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