http://www.christianpf.com/how-does-phishing-work/ Christian Personal Finance - Financial help, debt help and other financial resources Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:03:34 -0600 hourly 1 http://www.christianpf.com/how-does-phishing-work/comment-page-1/#comment-12360 Harry Mon, 11 May 2009 15:06:45 +0000 http://www.christianpf.com/how-does-phishing-work/#comment-12360 I have a couple of simple practices to prevent falling for a phishing email. first, I never click on a link in an email to go anywhere. If I want to go landsend due to a sale email that I received, I simply open my browser and type in landsend.com and log in. I just don't click on links in emails. I don't copy and paste links into my browser either. it is too easy to direct someone to a site that looks just like the site that I want to go to. once you type in your log in info,,,,you are in trouble. this may make things a bit inconvenient but it is less trouble than having to get new credit cards and try to recover money that has been charged to your credit cards. I have a couple of simple practices to prevent falling for a phishing email.
first, I never click on a link in an email to go anywhere. If I want to go landsend due to a sale email that I received, I simply open my browser and type in landsend.com and log in. I just don’t click on links in emails.
I don’t copy and paste links into my browser either. it is too easy to direct someone to a site that looks just like the site that I want to go to. once you type in your log in info,,,,you are in trouble. this may make things a bit inconvenient but it is less trouble than having to get new credit cards and try to recover money that has been charged to your credit cards.

]]> http://www.christianpf.com/how-does-phishing-work/comment-page-1/#comment-12350 tom Mon, 11 May 2009 00:10:49 +0000 http://www.christianpf.com/how-does-phishing-work/#comment-12350 My suggestion is that your bank would not send you an email requesting you to update your account or provide information for verification. They can't really validate anything through email, hence why they would contact you over the phone if such a thing happened. My suggestion is that your bank would not send you an email requesting you to update your account or provide information for verification.
They can’t really validate anything through email, hence why they would contact you over the phone if such a thing happened.

]]> http://www.christianpf.com/how-does-phishing-work/comment-page-1/#comment-12344 Weekly Roundup - May 10th Sun, 10 May 2009 12:01:33 +0000 http://www.christianpf.com/how-does-phishing-work/#comment-12344 [...] at Christian Personal Finance explains the art of phishing scams with a great video that he found. That’s one of the things to avoid in my list of identity theft [...] [...] at Christian Personal Finance explains the art of phishing scams with a great video that he found. That’s one of the things to avoid in my list of identity theft [...]

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