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- 1Phishing - What is it?A Phishing email is one that tricks you int o handing personal details such as bank details or passwords. you receive what looks like a legitimate email from an organisation e.g. PayPal. The email urges you to visit a bogus and enter your personal details.
- 2Phishing - What to look out forThe phishers don't know your name, so the greeting is not personalised. The sender's address is often a range on a genuine address. Forged link, roll over the link to see if is fake. Genuine organisations don't ask for personal information. Poor grammar or spelling.
- 3Virus generated emailWill appear to be sent from a friend. It usually means your friend's email has been infected with a virus and has sent the email to their whole address book. Typically includes a product or shop recommendation, or asks for emergency cash. Encourages you to click a link to a sales website or transfer cash.
- 4Tackling crimeMany types of crime is carried out with the aid of a computer. The victims can be governments, companies &organisations and you as individuals.
- 5Protecting against email scamsUse a SPAM filter to stop common scams ever reaching your inbox. BE suspicious! if you aren't 100% certain it's genuine, NEVER click any links or download any attachments.
- 6Trojan Horse & Malware emailsOffers something tempting to look at, either an attachment or link. when you open the attachment or click the link it downloads a virus. the virus could: record keystrokes and send them to the attacker. provide someone else with access. use your computer to send spam emails.
- 7Advanced fee fraudusually a long and desperate plea for help. the sender will claim to need cash from you and pay you back millions. If it sounds to good to be true then it probably is.
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- Flashcards on computing, created by Sofia Battaglia on 05/10/2017.
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- Sofia Battaglia · Oct 2017
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- Oct 5, 2017
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