Website real or fake, how to recognize? A Little Trick for Your Big Benefit – News18 Poll
Mumbai, November 15: Cyber crimes such as phishing, malware, ransomware and spyware attacks have recently increased. Nowadays we use digital services for payments and other activities on a large scale. But it has become imperative that we protect ourselves from fraud while using it. You may have seen public service announcements from the government and the police advising people to exercise caution when receiving unsolicited links or emails.
The modus operandi of cybercriminals is to create a website that looks real and trick people into entering their personal information. Now antivirus software can protect you from malware and viruses. There are some ways that can also protect you from falling prey to fraudulent websites.
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Read the domain name: If you are redirected to some website while browsing the internet, never proceed to enter any information before checking the domain name. Fraudsters often create addresses that look like addresses from popular sites like Amazon or Flipkart. But, if you look closely, there is always a slight difference in the name that you need to distinguish between the real and the fake.
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