growing rank of Internet source. Spam distributors often
crooks are now using new use email spoofing in an attempt
tricks called "phishing" to get their recipients to open
and "spoofing" to steal your the message and possibly even
identity. Bogus e-mails that respond to their solicitations.
attempt to trick customers into
giving out personal information "IP spoofing" is a
are the hottest new scam on the technique used to gain
Internet. unauthorized access to computers.
In this instance the unscrupulous
"Spoofing" or intruder sends a message to a
"phishing" frauds attempt computer with an IP address
to make internet users believe indicating that the message is
that they are receiving e-mail coming from a trusted source.
from a specific, trusted source,
or that they are securely "Link alteration" involves
connected to a trusted web site, the altering of a return internet
when that's not the case at all, address of a web page that's
far from it. Spoofing is emailed to a consumer in order to
generally used as a means to redirect the recipient to a
convince individuals to divulge hacker's site rather than the
personal or financial information legitimate site. This is
which enables the perpetrators to accomplished by adding the
commit credit card/bank fraud or hacker's ip address before the
other forms of identity theft. actual address in an e-mail which
has a request going back to the
In "email spoofing" the original site. If an individual
header of an e-mail appears to unsuspectingly receives a spoofed
originate from someone or e-mail and proceeds to "click
somewhere other than the actual here to update" account
information, for example, and is browser and "https" in front of
redirected to a site that looks the website address.
exactly like a commercial site
such as EBay or PayPal, there is • If you encounter an
a good chance that the individual unsolicited e-mail that requests,
will follow through in submitting either directly or through a web
personal and/or credit site, for personal financial or
information. And that's exactly identity information, such as
what the hacker Social Security number,
is counting on. passwords, or other identifiers,
exercise extreme caution.
How to Protect Yourself
• Take note of the header
• If you need to update your address on the web site. Most
information online, use the same legitimate sites will have a
procedure you've used before, or relatively short internet address
open a new browser window and that usually depicts the business
type in the website address of name followed by ".com," or
the legitimate company's page. possibly ".org." Spoof sites are
more likely to have an
• If a website's address is excessively long strong of
unfamiliar, it's probably not characters in the header, with
authentic. Only use the address the legitimate business name
that you've used before, or somewhere in the string, or
better yet, start at the normal possibly not at all.
homepage.
• If you have any doubts about
• Most companies require you to an e-mail or website, contact the
log in to a secure site. Look for legitimate company directly. Make
the lock at the bottom of your a copy of the questionable web
site's URL address, send it to victimized, you should file a
the legitimate business and ask complaint with the FBI's Internet
if the request is authentic. Fraud Complaint Center at
http://www.IFCCFBI.gov.
• Always report fraudulent or
suspicious e-mail to your ISP. DL Consultants,LLC
Vigilance and Security
• Lastly, if you've been
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