Identifying Phishing Emails
While making use of online banking services, the digital users also need to be aware about possible threats and the ways and means in which these threats can be encountered by them in the real world.
There are some indicators that serve as warning signs or identifying factors for indicating a possible attempt of fraud. Some of the warning signs for identifying a phishing attack through email are mentioned here-
Warning Signs for Identification of Phishing Emails
- Grammatical and spelling errors in the emails and text messages
- Use web addresses that resemble the names of well-known companies but are slightly altered or misspelled.
- Creating a false impression of urgency to act immediately.
- Fake claims to be representing bank, insurance company, credit card etc.,
- Repeated attempts to seek personal/private information like OTP, card no., bank account details, Aadhaar details etc.,
- Share partial personal information like bank name, your address etc., which is stolen from various sources to convince users to part with Personal Information.The subject of the fraud email would be: free COVID-19 testing for all the residents of Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad inciting them to provide personal information.