Clicking on any link that has reached you via a random message may send basic information about you, such as your site, your device data, to one of the fraudsters, or download harmful programs, can such risks be avoided? What should be done if you fall into the banned?
Tips to protect you from the traps of fraudsters
The main goal of the scammers is to extract your personal information, and where the Internet criminals know that you will hesitate to share your information with strangers, they deny in the form of a person you know or can trust him, and they create a state of urgency, so they tell you that your bills are late or that your words have been stolen, to respond to them without careful thinking.
So you should be very careful regarding your personal data, and do not send them your will to anyone, whatever it is, and follow these tips.
Close all browsers and tabs
Most browsers, such as Google Chrome, and Firefox, have built -in passwords, and can store credit card numbers, and although this speeds up payment operations and logging over the Internet, it may also expose you to penetrate data and steal identity so you are obligated to close browsers and tabs.
Make backup copies of your files
A fraudulent link can steal your files, sometimes erasing them from your device at all, so you have to make a backup, by downloading information regularly to the cloud, or even to external solid discs, because this can maintain your data, even if you are subjected to harmful programming.
Alert family and friends
If the fraudsters target you, they will also target your friends and family, they may actually have information that links you with your loved ones; Or they may penetrate your accounts on social media to find out who you are successive.
Change passwords for sensitive accounts
Often, the fraudsters deceive the victims to log in to fake login pages, which are designed to simulate the login pages you visit daily to access applications or web pages.
