E-Mail Phishing: All one must know
One of the most widely used technique to perform scam and identity theft is Phishing. Image Source: idagent.com Phishing is an attack against the end user which focuses on collecting user's personal data or in technical terms Personally Identifiable Information (PII) by tricking a user into providing details or clicking a link to a website, which is definitely a fraudulent website. The very common methods to attempt phishing: 1. The user has won the lottery, or getting some discount offers, so the sender ask for the personal information to transfer amount and will ask user to deposit the little bit sum of money to get the amount. Once the user pays or provides the information, the scam is done. Fig. Source: https://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/panda-security/social-media-scams/ 2. Attacker claiming himself/herself to be an organization's employee like a bank employee or employee of any well-known company and send the request to user to click on link which redi...