| Spelt phishing, but pronounced as above, this | | | | unreliable. The s is an indication of a secure |
| despicable act is an effort to batter your bankroll | | | | page, but are you at the right domain? |
| or commandeer your cash. | | | | Place your mouse over the link and the domain |
| To put it simply, you can get emails from account | | | | attached to such a link, should show itself. Viewing |
| administrators, which strongly urge you to update | | | | the source code is another way but some |
| details attached to that account. | | | | knowledge of it is necessary. |
| The issue, though, is the pretence of such mail. | | | | Another ploy, sometimes deliberate and |
| You may not even have such an account as | | | | sometimes convenient, is inserting a |
| referenced. | | | | reference to the legitimate company |
| It doesn’t come from the account | | | | anywhere after the domain name. Ex. Unwary |
| provider. | | | | victims may overlook the fact that ebay is |
| It can use false S.S.L. references, to present an | | | | not the domain, but see it anyway as a directory |
| illusion of trust and security. | | | | or file name. Anyone, anywhere can have a file or |
| It can prompt for immediate action on your part, | | | | directory named like that of a company. |
| alleging false log-in’s by persons unknown, | | | | To make matters somewhat worse from an |
| and from countries unknown. If action is not | | | | easy to identify viewpoint, the source |
| taken, they can impress on you, that the account | | | | code of the link can be represented as an I.P. |
| will be suspended or closed. Indeed, anything likely | | | | address rather than its named counterpart. There |
| to work can be fabricated, to get you to the | | | | are some tools that you can use at which you |
| webpage suggested in the link or hyperlink. Note | | | | can use to type in the I.P. address and cross |
| the word suggested. | | | | reference it with the official account domain |
| Likenesses to company logos are used to | | | | presented in the e-mail, or web page for that |
| re-enforce credibility. | | | | matter. Opening a second window for |
| In fact, these phishing attempts actually look | | | | investigative purposes and re-sizing both to be |
| pretty good or realistic. So much so that any | | | | side by side can be revealing, and comparisons be |
| qualms of guilt or stupidity, experienced by a | | | | made between the alleged source and that of the |
| conned party are groundless. | | | | source code. can be put in one window and can |
| Experience, specific education or forewarning, is all | | | | be put in the other. NOTE; you should be checking |
| that prevents this type of charade from widening | | | | domains and ignoring everything that comes after |
| its base of victims. | | | | the forward slash at the end of the domain. |
| The goal is to get you to type in your details, | | | | A similar test can be done for email viruses, |
| complete with credit card number and the rest | | | | where suspicious email addresses can be searched |
| can be guessed. | | | | for some degree of authenticity. |
| Some damage is also absorbed by the | | | | If you are phished, try to learn as much as |
| organisation or company being misrepresented | | | | possible about it as phishing attempts and email |
| and they can do little about it but warn their | | | | viruses have some aspects in common. |
| customers what to watch out for, and issue | | | | Incorrect spelling is one of them. You must |
| security instructions. Indeed, it is from accounts at | | | | understand that the authors can be from |
| reputable companies that most passing trade learn | | | | anywhere and not necessarily have degrees in |
| the correct or most secure procedures. It is | | | | English. Legitimate companies can also be from |
| therefore important to read any material that | | | | anywhere, with different primary languages, but |
| they offer. | | | | do perfect their spellings and general grammar. |
| Generally though, reputable companies with a mind | | | | Attention to upper and lower case can be another |
| to preserve their integrity will tell you to log-in at | | | | giveaway. This is especially true where particular |
| their main page and proceed from there. Not | | | | portions of the text are the design of the author, |
| through a link specific to your account! | | | | and not just copied and pasted. Typically, these |
| Hyperlinks can mask the true domain that | | | | portions are customised to be customer specific |
| you’ll be brought to, with the text linked to | | | | in a general sense, and fonts may even be |
| (example, only), a replica or fake page. Only going | | | | different or out of place. Such special |
| to secure pages where one believes that | | | | additions are to strengthen the sense of urgency |
| https will do it, will always help but wholly | | | | and call to action. |