Typically, they use a sob story, claiming you got stuck somewhere and need help.įraudsters are smart at keeping this under the radar too: 15% of them create automatic email rules that forward your friends' responses to another email address. Criminals will send emails in your name asking friends for money. Don't leave this stuff lying around.Įxpect your friends to get preyed on too. Go ahead and erase any email with this sensitive data. Safety tip: Perform this search yourself. They use the email search feature, looking for phrases like "wire transfer," "bank" and "account statement." They also search for login credentials for other accounts at Amazon ( AMZN) or PayPal.
They're looking for any email that shows your bank account information and images of your real life signature. It takes only 3 minutes to scan your email for valuable stuff. Related: Apps aimed at children collect a shocking amount of data Safety tip: Sign up for account alerts on your phone or a backup email. Then they change your password to lock you out. For an unlucky 20%, the bad guys do it in just 30 minutes. Once they have your login credentials, the average criminal hijacks your account within seven hours. They usually steal your account in less than a day. And always check the Internet address in the URL above to ensure you're at the actual Gmail site. Safety tip: Don't ever email your username or password - anywhere. And sometimes they redirect you to a page that looks like a Google login, but it's not. They send official-looking emails requesting your login credentials. This number sounds huge, but well-crafted scams can be convincing. Play nice, support each other and encourage learning.Effective scams work 45% of the time. We are not tech support, these posts should be kept on /r/techsupportĭon't be a dick. Low-effort content will be removed at moderator discretion
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