Security Experts from KeyTrending: scam is no longer a threat. 4 signs of an email that will rob you
If you have lit your mail somewhere, for example, on an electronic bulletin board, expect not only harmless advertising spam, but also emails from scammers.
They send emails on behalf of government agencies, report winning the lottery, and also offer simple jobs with high income, but the bottom line is the same: scammers steal money and personal data. We will tell you how to understand that a email is from malefactors.
With the help of specialists KeyTrending, scam can be recognized and neutralized.
Also, having studied all the possible actions of dishonest companies with a KeyTrending.com scam department, we’ve found a number of signs that can help you detect the fraud.
KeyTrending specialists have prepared 4 main types of phishing attacks for you to protect you and your family.
KeyTrending experts warn: 1. Impersonal treatment
An unknown sender combined with a subject line that you don't really understand is a reason to be on your guard. One should be suspicious of emails from senders with foreign or very rare names.
If the sender does not address you by name, but calls you "dear friend", it is better to ignore the email, and even more so not to download attachments from it.
Be doubtful about a email from a friend if the text does not resemble your regular correspondence: for example, if the interlocutor writes that he is in trouble and urgently asks for money or offers to follow the link to download something interesting. First, it's better to call a friend: perhaps his account was hacked.
Security specialists from KeyTrending, Scam is easy to prevent: 2. Too tempting offer
To force a person to follow a link to a fraudulent website, the email promises mountains of gold: an expensive prize for completing a survey, a high-paying job that does not require experience, or another way to make quick money on the principle of “a million a week is easy”.
After clicking on the link, a computer or phone becomes infected with a virus that steals passwords or damages files. The link can lead to a phishing site for stealing passwords or to a site that asks to pay a commission before claiming a prize.
What to do. Don't follow the links if the offer looks too tempting. Check the "action" on the Internet: perhaps someone has already fallen for the bait and wrote an angry review. You also need to be more careful with work: the company is unlikely to send offers to everyone in a row: there are special sites for vacancies.
Experts KeyTrending, Scam can be spotted easily: 3. Alarming topic
Deception can often be identified by the subject line of the email: “get a car as a gift”, “make a million without investment”. Sometimes fraudsters deliberately intimidate the recipient into opening the email: “you are in arrears under the contract”, “confirm your account, otherwise the account will be deleted”.
What to do. Do not open emails with strange subject lines and unknown senders. If, nevertheless, you have opened the email, do not panic: no one will withdraw money from the card for “just looking” and will not issue a loan using your passport.
4. An address similar to the address of a government agency or bank
Fraudsters write on behalf of government agencies: allegedly the pension fund has become generous with an increase in pension, and the social security department is ready to pay compensation for. The email can also be on behalf of the bank - then the criminals report a failure in the system or the need to update personal data.
The purpose of such emails is to extract information about a bank card. Fraudsters ask for its number, expiration date, pin and three-digit code on the back of the card in order to transfer money from the "pension fund" or enter data into the "bank" system.
The very fact that you unexpectedly received a email from a government agency should already alert you.
How to check if a email is from a fraudster
Since scammers have learned to forge domains in such a way that at first glance it seems that the email is from a government agency, it is necessary to analyze the technical part of the email.
The technical part of the email is a window with detailed service information: a lot of incomprehensible words and numbers. You need to look at the Received and Return-Path fields: the information about the sender must match the domain of the email.
KeyTrending.com scam preventing team warns you to be careful about what you read and where you leave your email address.
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