Social engineering gone digital.
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Suppose one day, you receive an e-mail begging for your assistance in a money transfer issue. You are then asked to pay up a fee, but the fee is necessary for the transaction where the big money is.
At this point, the fee just seems so small in comparison. You are also promised a significant cut of this ‘big money’ if you go through with this. Then, you happily go to your local Western Union and process this fee.
Days and even weeks have gone by, and your cut has never arrived. You have just been a victim of a phishing scheme, and that fee you paid is never coming back.
Phishing is a type of e-mail attack, where the premise of the email doesn’t need to involve a prince from Nigeria – they can also be written from people impersonating your co-workers.
These are the recommended guidelines regarding phishing:
- If it sounds too good to be true, it definitely is.
- Call your IT department to verify the e-mail from your ‘co-worker’.
- Don’t give out personal information.
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