Prevent Identity Theft Online By Recognizing Phishing Techniques
Saturday, 17 July 2010
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You have taken all the right steps to prevent identity theft in your home and or business but what about theft online? Did you know that you don’t even need to have your personal information on your computer to have it stolen using common phishing techniques?
Think it Can’t Happen to You?
Believe it or not, people are conned into handing it over every day. Think it cant happen to you? Take a quick test. Can you tell right off hand which one of the following three names is legitimate? (Publishing Clearing House – Publishers Clearing House – Publishers Clearance House)
Prevent Identity Theft Through the Name Game
Would you believe that the confusion over those three names has cost thousands of people millions of dollars in con games over the years ? Well it has and in fact this particular name switching game happens to be one of the least sophisticated phishing scams. By the way, it’s Publishers Clearing House.
Just One Switched Letter
So perhaps this gives you some idea of how easy it is to switch just one word in a web address to trick people into thinking that they’re dealing with a legitimate known business site. A site that once you enter even resembles the genuine article down to the slightest detail.
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Is it a Real or Fake Website?
So rule number one, is to never ever hand over your personal information until you have verified unequivocally that the site you are dealing with is legitimate. So then how can you tell if a site is legitimate? For one thing a legitimate site operator for the most part will never contact you to ask for your personal information.
Don’t Open Unsolicited Emails
By and large that greater majority of phishing techniques are perpetuated by way of unsolicited emails. Some are incredibly complex and even now, more sophisticated techniques continue to evolve. So how can you prevent identity theft by way of unsolicited emails? That’s simple. Just don’t open them.
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