Id
theft has become a common problem,
Lot of hackers mainly from china
and
Russia
are sending lots of spam mails to most of the internet
users in order to install virus and also to get their
personal information. The most common spam emails are
award winning email; lottery winning emails (The Irish
lottery, The African Lottery) ask for personal
information or ask us to transfer some amount for
processing the lottery amount. All the mails are from
internet hackers who want to cheat you. Even I got a
mail claiming to be yahoo account services asking for my
email password and private information; they also warned
me that if I dont provide it my yahoo id will be closed
in thirty days. But I know that this mail is from person
who wants to hack my yahoo id. Before replying to this
type of mails think no one will provide you with free
money. It is always hard earned.
I request all
internet users not to reveal any bank or credit card or
any other personal information on a site unless you
trust it as worthy. Even while transactions check the
site for a secure connection https:// is a
secure connection all the information sent is
encrypted http://
is
not a secured internet connection. Using a http://
connection any one in between can easily get the data as
it is not encrypted.
Do not signup
for sites given the user name and password similar to
that of your email , bank accounts & other important
online accounts like Demat account. There are many
websites which asks for sign ups in order to obtain the
username and password as most people use the same user
name and password for all their internet
accounts.
Having a computer
with a internet connection is safe but all of us cant
afford it. Many of us use Internet café , Browsing centers for carrying
out bank
related activities . Transaction carried out in a public
computer will no be considered safe. But just remember
to delete the browsing history before you come out of
the cafes.
Social networking sites,
friendship network, dating websites.
Most probably
every common internet user will be member of any of the
social networking websites. Dont not reveal your real
name full qualification, full address, your family
details, Like real life cheaters there are online
cheaters looking for a prey. There are terrorists who
want to get sim cards, passports, they will use your
address and details in order to get sim cards and you
will be in trouble.. A girl died in
India
because she is blackmailed by a person who got
a lot of information about the girl from a social
network site.
