Scam artists are out to steal your personal and financial information. And they are using some pretty sophisticated methods to trick you into giving them your passwords, bank information, credit card numbers, and other valuable information.

What is phishing?

If you’ve ever gotten an e-mail that began “Dear Valued Customer,” then you’ve probably been the target of a phishing scam. Simply put, a phish is an attempt to trick you into entering personal information into a fake website. Often, the perpetrators are searching for account numbers, pins, social security numbers, birth dates, or anything they can use to access your accounts or spoof your identity.

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3 Thing You Should Never Do

1 – Don’t send spam. You’re probably thinking, “that’s obvious; it doesn’t need to be on the list,” but unfortunately, many people send spam without realizing what they’re doing. Have you ever forwarded an email to your entire address book because you thought it would help find a lost child or result in money being sent to all your friends? It’s spam. Or do you automatically add senders to your email address book and then send an announcement of a sale? It’s spam. Those might not fit the legal definition of spam, but most of us don’t welcome such messages. Read the rest of this entry »