A big scam today is sending you an email that claims it is from your bank,credit card company or other business that handles online money transactions.When you get an email from a company stating that they need to have you providesensitive personal information, immediately use caution!
When this type of scam first started you would be asked to provide sensitivepersonal information in the email itself. Legitimate institutions sent emailsto their customers stating that they NEVER ask for sensitive personalinformation in an email. So the scammers changed their game. They now include alink in their email that is supposed to connect you to a secure page of theinstitution they claim to represent.
When this type of scam first started you would be asked to provide sensitivepersonal information in the email itself. Legitimate institutions sent emailsto their customers stating that they NEVER ask for sensitive personalinformation in an email. So the scammers changed their game. They now include alink in their email that is supposed to connect you to a secure page of theinstitution they claim to represent.
Click the link and see what happens. Often a page appears that looks like thereal web page of the company. At this point take a good look at the web addressof the page which always appears on the address line of your browser. If thepage address begins with anything but 'https' it is not a secure site. It isbogus page! Legitimate companies always provide links that take you to a securesite to enter sensitive personal information!
The identity thieves never give up. Sometimes they insert an address bar at thetop of the page they display which contains an address beginning with https.Don't be fooled by this. Check your browser's address bar and you will see thatthe page address actually begins with http! Any information you provide on thehttp page will be taken and misused!
If you are in doubt about whether a request is legitimate, copy the address ofthe page you've been asked to send your information to and paste it into anemail. Send the email to a contact at the company mentioned in the email andask if they have requested information from you. Legitimate companies you dobusiness with will always provide you a link to their secure 'https' site whenrequesting information from you!