What can a person do to protect against phishing when e-mail messages are received from what appear to be legi

If you use Hotmail, send it to the junk folder, and click report phising scam. For other e-mail address, just block the domain. If they are asking for any personal information, don't give it out. Scammers specialize in making sites look legit and taking people for everything they've got.

What can a person do to protect against phishing when e-mail messages are received from what appear to be legi
To make sure you don't get phished, you have to understand exactly how it works. Here's the basic idea: It starts with the person trying to phish you making a webpage that looks just like the login page of the website you're trying to use.(your email)Then the phisher comes up with a creative way to get you to click on the link to that page (maybe by sending you a message or comment saying you should check something out). When you see the link and click it, you are presented with the fake login page created by the phisher. If you enter your info, you've been "phished" - you've fallen for the trick, and they've captured your email and password! The phisher will then start logging in as you until you change your password and lock them out.





Now you may think you know exactly what the login page looks like and that someone could not trick you into typing your info into a fake page, but believe me, it is very easy to fall for this! It's also very easy for anyone to make an exact copy of the login page, or the login page of any website you use.





There is only one easy way to know that you are at the real login page. That's by looking at your browser's address bar--the place you view or type in the URL of the website you want to visit. By looking there, you'll know what website you are actually on at the moment. the only page you should login to is "yahoo.com" - with no extra characters before or after it. If the url you saw was "profile.yahoo.com" that's fake If it was "yahoo.com.index.cfm.sowa.cn" that's fake (someone created a fake webpage with yahoo in the title to make it look like it was real). If it is "yaho0.com" that is fake. (Look closely that is the number"0"
Reply:just look at the url and make sure its website that you have used before. When you open it try to look at it first. Virus's are not the well thought out because they only goal is to destroy your computer and steal information. Just put up firewall or program computer to shut down and close information when it see unknown codes. All this make less chance of your computer crashing but it still can use codes that pcs use. JUST GET A MAC CODES ARE NOT OPEN THEY ARE CLOSED SO THAT THE VIRSUS WILL NOT REACH YOU COMPUTER IN TIME TO HACK OR DESTROY COMPUTER.
Reply:1. Check the sender email address - make sure it's from the domain name of the organization supposed to have sent the email - why would your bank be using a hotmail.com account?


2. Install Firefox - it has automatic anti-phishing support and will warn you if you visit a website that is a scam/spoof site.


3. Change your Domain Name Servers (DNS) to the ones at OpenDNS.com - they use a huge database to track and wanr about a whole range of website subjects.


4. Never, Never, Never click on a link in an email to go to a website, especially if it takes you to a login page or asks for financial information. Always go to the website from your own bookmark and login from there.


5. If the information in the email looks suspicious, search scamdex.com for it.


6. Report it to the sender's email domain monitors (use abuse@%26lt;domain_name%26gt;, eg abuse@gmail.com).


7. Delete the email
Reply:You pay close attention to any URL's that are included in the email. Legit sites use secure links ('https', instead of 'http'). You also have to look out for mispelled URL's or variations (www.bankofamerica.com vs. www.bank-of-america.com)





Don't just look at the format of the email, look at it's content.
Reply:Don't believe anything that comes over email. If they ask for your bank acct or credit card #'s print it out and take it to your bank. They can tell you if it is real or fake. Always do research. People really never ask for personal info over email! Don't fall for it. If a legit company needs more info from you they will find another way to contact you.
Reply:If they are asking you to provide your account information, bank account info, social security number, etc. then it is not legit.