Mass produced fraud. Because criminals do not always use the best in this “art” of deceiving people.
O phishing It is a type of computer attack that aims pull the wool over eyes to reveal Sensitive information: Passwords, bank data, credit card numbers, or other personal credentials.
For this, criminals use false sites, or fake emails to induce victims to provide your information.
This crime is an “art”, begins by describing AVG, in a warning it is sending to its customers. However, the phishing It does not always use the best bait.
This is where the cheap attempts of phishing. “Fishing” frauds produced in mass. Quick, cheap.
In this phishing Cheap, websites are not created from root; criminals use Website Creation Services to create yours, in a rapid e cheap.
These are sites that get Avoid antiviruses and blockers from spam Because the domain name is legitimate – but they are created “in such a way amateur Just pay attention to noticing that they are suspects, ”reads the message.
It is not an elaborate fraud. It is a fraud that bets on speed and no volume to catch people offsembled.
Examples: When you try to enter your email, or your account on a service page, and the “Password” field indication comes with spelling errors, or word failures (asterisks instead of letters, for example).
To avoid being a victim of these crimes, there are some tips: Not panicking if you see an email that tries to create a big alert, not ignore obvious signs such as spelling or technical errors, be aware of what you are filling in or reading, and twice checking everything you do.
E Avoid loading in suspicious calls! Instead, enter your search engine, go to the real site and enter your account from there. Then see if the subject is real.
Finally, AVG leaves a central message: “It’s almost insulting to know that some hackers think they can deceive people with these fake amateur sites, but they wouldn’t keep trying if it didn’t work.” Result With some people, yes.
