Tips to avoid phishing scam

In this blog you will find tips on how to avoid being hooked by phishing scams offered by  U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

The tips are given in the following:
If you get an email that warns you, with little or no notice, that an account of yours will be shut down if you do not reconfirm your billing information, do not reply or click on the link in the email.Contact the company mentioned in the email using a telephone number or Web site address you know to be genuine.

Avoid sending personal e-mail and financial information. Before you submit financial information through a Web site, look for the "lock" icon on the browser's status bar. It shows that your information is secure during transmission.Review credit card and bank account statements as soon as you receive them to check whether there are any unauthorized charges.

If your statement is late by more than a couple of days, call your credit card company or bank to confirm your billing address and account balances.Report suspicious activity to the FTC. Send the actual spam to uce@ftc.

If you believe you've been scammed, file your complaint at www.ftc.gov, and then visit the FTC's Identity Theft Web site(www.ftc.gov/idtheft) to learn how to minimize your risk of damage from identity theft.

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