How to identify phishing

Defining Phishing:
Phishing (pronounced fishing) is a way for fraudulent companies and con artists use to steal important information from unsuspecting people online. The main concept of phishing is through spoof emails and websites based on legitimate businesses. Email and web sites that will be used in a phishing attempt to look legit, but take a website that has nothing to do with the company you're imitating. An example and phishing technique is consistently used online banking.

How to identify email phishing or scam:

1. Email scammer sends a large number of people indicating that there is any problem or issue with your account and orders them to the fake site to fix a convenient link in the email for easy access. 
2. Do not worry about whether these people actually have emails a real account at the institution, known to greatly affect the mass email from them.
3. These emails often use scare tactics. These emails try to force customers into action by saying that account is about to be closed if one takes into account information is not verified. Forever suspicious email that seems to generate a sense of urgency.
4. Sometimes, send e-mails of phishing attachment in the e-mail to install viruses or spyware on your computer. Suspect e-mail with all such attachment.

Therefore, you should always suspect to information in such e-mail and check the links-mail requesting personal information.

Phishing Email Safety Tips

Phishing e-mails, websites and phone calls are designed to steal money. Cyber ​​criminals can do this by installing malicious software on your computer or steal personal data from your computer.

Cyber criminals also use social engineering to convince you to malicious software or hand over your personal information under false pretenses to install. They can e-mail, call you on the phone, or convince you to something like a website download.

We all have received phishing messages. They are mixed with the hundreds of emails many of our daily process. Processing time email takes time and it's a job that we can rush through, but it is essential that we rather think that responding to email and be absolutely sure that the sender of the email are legitimate.

As you process your email, remember…

   1. Never click through to a website that claims it needs you to verify your password.
   2. Be suspicious of any email requesting your password or sensitive information. Reputable companies will not randomly email you asking for sensitive information.
   3. If you receive an email from a company and you’re not sure if it’s legitimate, do not follow the link in the website, instead go directly to the website you know to be real or call the company to inquire about the request.