In the previous article, I have coined one new term called Phishing, but I don’t define i. so our today’s article is for that missing part. For this one, some of them already know the details about it but many of us don’t know about it. But this one is encountered in our daily and many of us have experience about it without aware of it.
Hey! Wait!! Are
you saying that even myself?
Yes. Maybe you’re
also fooled by this without your knowledge.
Hey!! What
are you saying?
Yes, I’m saying
the truth. Here I will present one simple example for you. If you have received
one call from an unknown number and they said that they are calling from XXX bank
and ask you about your bank details, and then what did you do?
The first thing that comes to your mind is to verify that person is right. Yes, this fake call is
called Phishing.
From the technical
point of definition, Phishing is a cybercrime in which targets are contacted by
email, phone, or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to
lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable
information, bank and credit card details, and passwords. Then the collected
information is used to access important accounts and can result in identity
theft and financial losses. The main goal of phishing is to trick the recipient
into believing that message is something they want or need, and then once they
believe it then the intruder will start to collect the information they need.
I think now
you’re all understood why I said that thing. Ok, then now you all have one
doubt that what are the various types of phishing and how to protect ourselves
against it. Here is the answer for you. First, we have to know the various types
of phishing:
- Pop up Ads
- SMS
- Voice Call
- Etc
Now, we all
know the medium of but we also have to know the way to protect ourselves
against it. These are presented as follows:
- Filter spams
- Change the browser setting that only allows reliable sites
- Don’t share your information especially the bank details
- Always verify the website security
- Always aware of “Eye – Catching” or “Attention – Grabbing” statements like “You won the iPhone, if you want then share your details with this email for processing”
So always be
Aware!
You all have one doubt that why I choose this one for today’s topic. Because recently I heard one of these scam. That is the order-grabbing website, in the
beginning, they look very genuine and handle the customer’s money in a very
careful way. After some time, they offer some huge discount, most of the users
are believed it and invest the money on it. Once they have done the recharge, then
they start their work. Which means first they said that task is 5 days after the 5th-day tasks you will withdraw you many in three times the original
one. Most of the users have the bonus amount and withdraw the amount. But once
they done withdraw, the admin will message the congratulation and boost up
them. But the users can’t receive the money, so they ask the admin, then the
admin will tell them that they are encountered the Income-tax raid that’s why
they can’t pay the amount. Once the raid is over, you will get the amount. The users
will trust their statement. But after two days they said that their software is
undergone some crashes so they ask the users to withdraw the entire amount in
their corresponding account, for that the users withdraw the amount once again.
But after that, they told the users to pay a minimum of 1000 for further processing
of their transaction. Here most of the users have disbelief in their site. Then
the very next day their website is absent. It is also one of the phishing after
I heard about this I will intimate you that there are some ways to fool you so
always aware of this type of scam.
So the article is concluded here. I think I’ll explain it clearly. If you found
anything wrong, then let me know through the comment section.
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