What are Phishing Scams?
Phishing Scams are where a scammer will try and get personal or financial information by creating a fake site that offers products or services in exchange for registration and/or payment. For example, some scams will email you with a link to what appears to be your banks homepage – when in fact the site is a copy designed to gather login details. Avoiding Phishing Scams Banks and online payment gateways use EV SSL – an Extended Validation SSL Certificate. This SSL makes the address bar of your browser turn green – and by clicking on the padlock icon, you can see more details on the EV SSL including who it is officially registered to and when it runs out.
