Spam, Phishing and Identity Theft

Question 1

Phishing

Answer 1

Phishing is often used in conjunction with a spoofed email. It is the act of sending an e-mail falsely claiming to be an established legitimate business in an attempt to deceive the unsuspecting recipient into divulging personal, sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers, and bank-specified websites. the website however is not genuine and was set up only as an attempt to steal the user’s information.

Question 2

Phishing emails

Answer 2

Phishing emails and text messages may look like they’re from a bank, a credit card company, a social networking site, an online payment website or app, or an online store.

They often tell a story to trick you into clicking on a link or opening an attachment

Question 3

Phishing tricks

Answer 3

Say they’ve noticed some suspicious activity or log-in attempts.

Claim there’s a problem with your account or your payment information.

Say you must confirm some personal information.

Want you to click on a link to make a payment.

Offer a coupon for free stuff.

Question 4

What is spam?

Answer 4

Spamming is the use of messaging systems to send multiple unsolicited messages to large numbers of recipients for the purpose of commercial advertising, for the purpose of non-commercial proselytizing, for any prohibited purpose or simply sending the same message over and over to the same user.

Question 5

What is identity theft?

Answer 5

Identity theft happens when someone steals your personal information to commit fraud.

Question 6

Ways identity theft occurs.

Answer 6

How identity thieves obtain your personal information:
Phishing
Unsafe internet connections
Mail theft
Dumpster diving. (Digging through your garbage)
Lost identification cards.
Weak data protection like weak paasswords.