Beware of password theft, phishing

Beware of password theft, phishing

Today we have to tell you about some of the fraudulent systems that make the era of digitalization of economic management (purchases, sales and banking relationships through the Internet) a new breeding ground for the friends of others. Beware of phishing.

The objective of this type of cybercrime is very simple: get your passwords from the online banking of your financial institution or your credit cards. Think that every day increases the number of economic transactions via Internet and with this, more and more times we open the door of our credit card and our keys.

As fools we are not, you will tell me, you only give your card number, expiration date and most importantly, the CVC, which is the three digit number that is printed on the back band, which is exclusive to your card, to perfectly secure online shopping or information platforms.

And there is deception. That you think you are entering a secure platform, but you are straining 'cat for hare' because, either through an online mail that asks for information that your bank would never ask you, or entering into shopping platforms with offers so scandalously good that even you and I know that they can not be, but we want them to be, and that's why we tried, there are global criminal groups that spend a lot of time imagining how to cheat you with perfectly made websites and offers that are difficult to refuse, only dedicated to get the information that will later flush your bank account or your credit cards.

So be wary of those emails that pose as trusted companies or send you emails that resemble official electronic communications or even SMS or phone calls asking you for your bank passwords, or card numbers to confirm hypothetical beneficial operations for you.

Some tips you should follow
With emails, the problem with emails is that if 'picas' the link that accompanies you leads to false web pages that make you believe that you are in your usual bank, and in which once you have entered the information requested, either the keys of your entity or the information of your credit card, you will have put in the hands of the delinquents the keys of your money.

So, when you go to click on a suspicious link, look well that the link corresponds to the address you want to go to. That is to say, if you think that you are opening the web of your bank and in the electronic address the name of your bank does not appear ... careful.

If you receive an email from one of your usual social networks that you did not expect, or with alarming or strange messages accompanied by a link that does not correspond to the social network ... beware.

Anonymous communications such as "Dear Customer", "Dear friend", "User notification" and if you are also asked to make a quick decision in a few hours ... be careful.

If the email comes from a generic domain that we all use, you suspect. Why do not you think your bank sends you an email with a gmail domain?

If in addition to your bank details, they ask for your personal data ... be careful.

If there are grammatical errors in the text it may be that it comes from an automatic translation. No serious site would send you an email with grammatical errors or misspellings.

If an SMS sends you a link telling you that Hacienda returns a pasture to you ... beware, Hacienda does not return pastures.

What if you've already bitten?
Well, you only have to collect the information online, emails, screenshots of electronic messaging conversations or use the online witnesses, which are trusted digital sites that certify the information. In this way you will demonstrate the veracity of the information captured.

In case of bank phishing, get in touch with your entity, modify passwords and these, manage them in a secure way. Complaint and, as of that moment, your entity will also be responsible for embezzlement in your accounts.

Do not forget, beware of password theft, phishing. Nobody gives hard four pesetas. There is no such demolition offer that tells you something worth a thousand today is worth ten, what are not accounts ... They are stories.