Online Fraud: Most Common Spammer Tricks

Since the early 2000s, online fraud has been a constant problem, always ready to trap unwary users. Antivirus software can protect you from most spammer avg.com/retail tricks, but sometimes, even www.avg.com/activate the strictest email spam filters may let a potentially avg antivirus free dangerous email slip into your inbox. However, if you know the most common Install Avg With License Number activation avg internet security spammer tricks, protecting yourself from online fraud becomes so much easier.

Bank and Financial Phishing

Email phising that tries to steal your credit card or bank account information remains a common online fraud. It is also one of the most dangerous, because if you fall for it, you may grant spammers access to more than your data – you may grant them access to your money.
It works like this. Spammers send you fake messages from banks, PayPal, or other payment systems that inform you of suspicious activity avg antivirus free or a failed transaction, or that require you to confirm your identity. Spammers may gather data about you from social media and other sources before sending Install Avg With License Number activation one of these emails, making them quite persuasive.

If you provide your credit card details or PayPal login information, they may withdraw funds from your account or use your www.avg.com/activate balance avg.com/retail to order avg internet security  products online and have them shipped to bogus addresses. They may also sell your information to mass spammers.

Fake Notifications

Fake notifications have always been one of spammers’ favorite strategies, and they’re everywhere today – in your email, on social media, on mobile, and even on popular e-stores. Fake notifications usually direct you to a fake login page in order to steal your credentials or require you to provide other sensitive information.
Here are some of the most common fake notifications you need to guard against:

From Social Networks

In the last decade or so, the popularity of social media networks across devices has given rise to fake notifications targeting www.avg.com/activate social media users. Often, these take the form of compelling social media messages avg.com/retail or emails that include a avg internet security phishing  avg antivirus free link that takes you to a fake login page. There, you are asked to enter your username and password. But the page has nothing to do with the actual social network it poses as Install Avg With License Number activation  – it only tries to capture your login credentials. Spammers also use social media itself to send phishing links, often using new friend requests, news about “common” friends, and other updates to get you to click on them. Be sure you know the basics about social networking safety

From Email Services

Millions of people around the world use free email services like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook, or AOL. While all of these have built-in spam defenses, clever spammers may still reach your inbox through notifications that supposedly come from your email provider.
These notifications warn you that your email account has been accessed by an unauthorized device, invite you to test new, limited features, or ask you to confirm your identity. They use fake login pages to steal  Install Avg With License Number activation your personal information.

From Popular Services and Websites

So many people today use Netflix and Amazon that spammers can assume random targets use these services. Using email www.avg.com/activate, spammers may create a sense of urgency around a new feature or product, or else invent plausible account or payment related problems which require you to log into your account right away avg internet security to address them avg antivirus free. But the login page is fake and  avg.com/retail meant only to steal your username and password.

That’s why it’s important to look carefully at the address of the sender – spammers can never use the official Amazon Install Avg With License Number activation or Netflix customer support addresses, so instead they try to create very similar ones that may use underscores or other symbols.

Fake Websites

Fake websites are nearly identical copies of popular websites or fake stores and services providers. Spammers may use email, social media, or other online channels, including groups, forums, and apps to offer you a special, time-limited deal or some other perk. In return, you only have to create an account and enter your credit card data. Milder variants of his scam try only to steal your personal information www.avg.com/activate for spam marketing avg antivirus free purposes or in order to resell it to mass spammers.

“Nigerian” Scams or Money Transfer Scams

Money transfer scams evolved from an old type of email scam involving a rich Nigerian prince promising you great riches only if you helped avg.com/retail him transfer some money into your country by providing Install Avg With License Number activation your bank account and other personal information, including your address and credit card details. Hence many still refer to them as “Nigerian” scams.

These scams usually strike through email  avg internet security and invariably involve a proposed money transfer of some www.avg.com/activate kind, and a nice reward in return avg antivirus free. They usually request your bank account information so that you can help them move the funds.

The result is that your account details become compromised and, even if they can’t actually withdraw money from your account avg.com/retail, you become vulnerable to future attacks. That’s why it’s so important not to provide Install Avg With License Number activation any financial or personal information, no matter how urgent the message may be.