A popular type of fraud - phishing - is nothing more than a site spoofing. You go to a website that you frequently visit, but by clicking on the URL, not from bookmarks, but from a link. Log into your account by entering your username and password, and then it turns out that this site is fake. Scammers get your data, and you lose your account from mail, electronic money or social network.
Instructions
Step 1
To avoid losing your account, personal data, money on an electronic wallet or virtual bank card, be extremely careful. There are several rules that will protect you from getting to a phishing site. With these rules, you can verify the authenticity of a site in a matter of seconds if you suspect that something looks wrong.
The first thing to do is pay attention to the address bar. If the site address or the ending of its domain differs from the original portal address by at least one character - know that this site is not genuine. So, the addresses “kakprosto.ru” and “kakpr0sto.ru” are not the same. The same is with the domain zones - “kakprosto.ru” and “kakprosto.su” - as you can see, the beginning of the URL is the same, but the endings are not.
Step 2
Second, if the site address starts with “HTTPS”, it means that the resource has a secure connection. Usually, the address bar for such sites with the HTTPS protocol is highlighted in green or a padlock label. If you are used to seeing HTTPS in the site address, but today it is not there, do not rush to enter your username and password. Most likely, you are on a fake site.
Step 3
Third, look at the design of the site itself. If something looks "crooked" or some design elements do not fit into the overall style of the page, it may be an advertising or viral banner, and the site, accordingly, has been spoofed using phishing.
Step 4
The fourth way to protect yourself and your data from phishing sites is to authenticate with Internet Security. You need to install a high-quality antivirus that supports checking the Internet channel and cleans the traffic entering your computer. Please note that phishing sites appear more and more often, and therefore it is necessary to constantly update the anti-virus database.
