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How to Protect Your Money From Scammers? Antivirus Software

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 Increasingly, stories are heard of people being confronted with fraudulent email, social media, or phone calls to defraud. Therefore, we have summarized the most relevant fraud methods and give tips on how to avoid them. Recent urgency - fake calls on behalf of the bank Fraudsters often try to impersonate a bank representative or Smart-ID. Fraudsters use all the possibilities of technology, including home pages on the Internet, as a result, they get the opportunity to call any number in the world, indicating any number or name of the company as dialling. Unfortunately, the bank does not have the ability to block such foreign calls, so everyone should beware and vigilant. The bank will never call you from a number registered abroad, so always pay attention to whether the phone number begins with the Latvia code +371. Even if you see the bank number and they call you by your name, remember that scammers come up with new ways to make people believe that the bank is calling. See how t...

How to Detect a Letter from Internet Scammers | Total Security

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Taking into account the specifics of fraudulent attacks and analyzing the experience of the affected users, the experts have developed a special list of phishing message signs. If these signs or elements are encountered, then you need to be wary and think carefully about the possible danger: 1. Doubtful sender address. Here, suspicious suspicions should be aroused by situations: a letter from a serious organization comes from a free virtual mail service like @ mail.ru, @ yandex.ru, etc. A reputable company can provide itself with a branded mail domain; messages from individuals with suspicious addresses, for example, 654hotart@babylon.ws or maks1234@gmail.com. Organizations, services or companies never request personal information by e-mail. Any request for passwords, logins, documents and other confidential information indicates the actions of phishers. 2. The start of the email. When a financial or government organization in the message says "Dear customer!", "Dear use...