Phishing is Dangerous!
by Nidhi Soman
What is Phishing?
Well first off, phishing is a person's way of stealing information. These type of people want a numerous amount of information from you such as your email, finding your bank information, buying items from your credit cards, finding your password, and your social security number. They are thieves and hackers who are phishing for information about you.
The Concept of Phishing
In this picture, it is showed as the man is phishing information off of the man's computer. The man is giving out of all the information about himself and the fisherman is catching it.
Phishing Email
In this picture, it shows how you know the email is fake such as spelling errors, not addressing your name, and fake links, and obviously they have left out the A in Amazon in the email!
Percentage of Phishing
In this picture, it shows the percentage of phishing in different services and companies. The most phishing takes place in bank accounts and the least in government organizations.
How To Prevent Someone From Phishing Off Of You
How To Know If You Got A Phisher
There are so many phishing cases around the world. But you can stop it from happening to you. Here are some tips-
- if the email isn't directly saying your name or if it says dear customer you know that it is fake
- if there is a link and you hover over you can see on the bottom if the link they say in the email is real or not
- if there are any spelling or grammar errors it is fake