Internet fraud can
take many forms: identity theft,injecting malware,fraudulent transactions.It
can occur through e-mail,smartphones,websites,and chat rooms.Here are some such
scams and ways to avoid them.
$150 Crore was the
world wide monetary loss due to phishing in 2012, as estimated by US based RSA.
Rs. 52 CRORE is the
amount involved in cyber frauds in 2012, according to the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI).
Infected sites..
These are the sites
that are not legitimate & have
malicious software to hack your personal information. A lot of such infected
sites come up during festive season, when people are buying gifts online, and
hackers build these using popular search items. Another variation of infection
is legitimate sites that get heavy traffic and, hence, are injected with ads
& images that have viruses.
A good way to avoid
these is to go with familiar, popular sites or / install ad blockers on your browser.
Src: ET
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