Hi Everyone!
Easy
computer-talk
I hope you’ve all had a good Easter
break, but now it’s time to get
back to work and after the latest
assistance requests from our
clients, this article we are going to
talk about some tips for avoiding
Email scams and password
hacking:
Where shall we start? Well,
basically, if an email seems too
good to be true -- it usually is.
For instance, why would
someone in another country
randomly choose you to give
money to? It just doesn’t make
sense. If you’re not convinced if
an email is a fraud, do a check on
scam resource sites to see if the
sender is a known fraud.
Also new internet users are
better off getting a free online
email account (gmail, yahoo,
hotmail, etc.) rather than one
that downloads emails onto their
computer directly (such as MS
Outlook), as they normally have
far better spam filters than other
alternatives.
In a typical phishing scam, the
scammer will send an e-mail that
looks like it came from a bank.
Other common Phishing schemes
send spoof emails pretending to be
from Ebay, Paypal or other large
internet companies. The e-mail will
look official and often include a li