{"id":961,"date":"2012-02-27T09:59:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T09:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=961"},"modified":"2023-02-09T11:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T11:09:04","slug":"how-to-overcome-online-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/email-scam\/how-to-overcome-online-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"How to overcome Online scams?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scammers<\/strong><\/a> are thinking more technically to beat up all the security and creating new traps and scams<\/strong><\/a>. According to \u201cAustralian Consumer Fraud Task-force\u201d Survey in 2009 statistics, the incidents of adware, spyware were decreased and password stealing software was increased up to 154 percent.<\/p>\n

The following tips can assist you, how to stay safe and be cautious on online:<\/p>\n

1. Utilize anti-virus software:<\/strong>
\nBe aware of Malware, Trojans, backdoors, because it is the spyware to notify your events. If you don’t know about the latest anti-virus software, just click the update button and keep the anti-virus software up-to-date.\u00a0 Malware is the unwanted malicious software in the computer and it normally comes via email or any attachments. (Modafinil<\/a>) If you detect any, just delete it immediately. Don\u2019t click on any attachments unnecessarily.<\/p>\n

2. Avoid shared systems:<\/strong>
\nAvoid using common computers like internet caf\u00e9 to access very confidential and individual information. Because, public computers may have malwares, that can follow you every events such as online banking.<\/p>\n

3. Log-out your accounts after use:<\/strong>
\nDon\u2019t forget to sign-out after the usage of internet banking, social media services on computers or mobiles.<\/p>\n

4. Don\u2019t respond emails asking about your financial details:<\/strong>
\nIf any email asks regarding your financial or individual information, don\u2019t respond any of that. It is called phishing<\/strong><\/a>. It looks like legitimate one, no banks send you to mails asking your details and don\u2019t click any of the links on your email, always type the details directly into your browser. Even it looks like legitimate, it automatically redirect into illegitimate sites.<\/p>\n

5. Block pop-ups:<\/strong>
\nDisable pop-ups on your browser. The Spyware records your keystrokes such as personal information and confidential passwords. It is often installed via pop-ups.<\/p>\n

6.Try to make complex passwords:<\/strong>
\nDon\u2019t make passwords easily regarding your personal information such as birth dates, names, etc\u2026 and change your passwords regularly.<\/p>\n

7. Avoid untrusted applications:<\/strong>
\nAlways use the applications from the official stores or sites, because they may steal your information\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scammers are thinking more technically to beat up all the security and creating new traps and scams. According to \u201cAustralian Consumer Fraud Task-force\u201d Survey in 2009 statistics, the incidents of adware, spyware were decreased and password stealing software was increased up to 154 percent. The following tips can assist you, how to stay safe and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,60,3,21,22,13,15],"tags":[86,85,84,83,82],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness","category-cyber-scam","category-email-scam","category-information","category-news","category-phone-scam","category-scam","tag-how-to-avoid-online-scams","tag-latest-news-about-online-scams","tag-latest-online-scams","tag-latest-scams","tag-online-scams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1680,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/1680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}