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WEBINAR
Safety Tips to Avoid
Online Scams this
Festive Season
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In a good year, cyber criminals
make around £12 million from
online frauds planned during the
Christmas season.
#FACT!
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In this webinar, we will
discuss:
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#1. Top 10 Holiday/Festive Scams
on the Internet
#2. Some Great Tips to Stay Safe
Against Such Scams
#3. How Quick Heal Protects your from
All Such Scams
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#1. Top 10 Holiday Scams on
the Internet
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Following are the top 10
festive/holiday scams you
need to watch out for:
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#1.
FAKE
ADVERTISING
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#1. Hackers inject various websites
with malicious and fake
advertisements to trick
unsuspecting users. These ads are
generally created in the form of
pop-up messages.
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#2.
BOGUS
CHARITIES
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#2. Cyber criminals also setup fake
charity websites during this
season. Using festivals as an
emotional anchor, they urge
netizens to donate to the needy.
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#3.
PROMOTIONAL
EMAILS
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#3. Online scammers send fake
emails to consumers informing
them about great offers such as
clearance sales, festive sales,
etc. These emails usually contain
fake links or malicious
attachments.
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#4.
HOLIDAY
TRAVEL
SCAMS
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#4. Scammers take maximum
advantage of people searching
for good holiday deals online.
They set up fake websites for such
users to steal their private and
banking information.
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#5.
HOLIDAY
GREETING
SCAMS
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#5. It is only logical to receive festival
greetings over an email from
friends and family members. And
among these greetings could be
one that is loaded with a Trojan or
spyware, waiting to infect your
PC.
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#6.
CREDIT
CARD
SCAMS
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#6. Masking a malicious email as a
great Credit Card deal, a
scammer may trick the user into
giving away their personal
information.
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#7.
SURVEY
SCAMS
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#7. Promising users of a brand-new
iPhone 6 or the like, scammers
trick them into filling up fake
survey forms. These scams are
usually spread on social media
channels.
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#8.
WORK FROM
HOME
SCAMS
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#8. Pretty old but effective, work from
home scams are targeted
towards unemployed youths,
housewives, and retired persons.
These scams lure users with the
prospect of making easy money
during the holiday season.
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#9.
Fake Gift
Cards
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#9. During the holiday season, many
users receive fake gift cards over
emails, for services they might
have never opt for.
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#10.
Fake Twitter
Deals
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#10. On Twitter, scammers send direct
messages tailored to the interests
of their targeted users. These
messages may contain website
links or a phone number to call
on.
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#2. Some Great Tips
to Stay Safe Against
Such Scams
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Never click on pop-up
advertisements, even if
they look genuine.
Tip #1.
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Don’t respond to
unwanted or
unexpected promotional
emails, even if the
sender looks familiar.
Tip #2.
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Shop from well-known
online websites. Ensure,
that their payment
page’s URL begins with
‘https’ and has a lock
symbol.
Tip #3.
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Always go for cash-on-
delivery payment mode
if you are shopping from
a less familiar website.
Tip #4.
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Don’t go for offers that
sound too good to be
true.
Tip #5.
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Avoid clicking on social
media posts that promise
gifts in return for
completed survey.
Tip #6.
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Do not shop online when
you are connected to a
public/free, unsecured
Wi-Fi network.
Tip #7.
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Read reviews of products
and websites before you
actually purchase them.
Tip #8.
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Be careful of social
media posts that ask for
donation for charity.
Tip #9.
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Be it any offer, do some
research on it and
ensure that it is for real.
Tip #10.
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Do not give away your
personal information
over email or phone, no
matter how urgent the
matter sounds.
Tip #11.
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Never visit a shopping or
banking website by
clicking on links
received via emails.
Tip #12.
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Have a reliable Internet Security
program for your PC that can
automatically block phishing
and infected websites, and stop
malicious emails.
Tip #13.
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#3. How Quick Heal Protects
your from All Such Scams
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Quick Heal protects you
from being scammed by
online scammers mainly
with its Anti-Phishing
features:
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Allows you to shop and bank in a
virtual environment, away from the
reach of hackers and malware.
Safe
Banking
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Takes all necessary steps to
ensure that your financial details
are hack-proof.
Safe
Banking [continued…]
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Automatically blocks websites that
are designed to steal your
personal and banking information.
Web
Security
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Blocks spam and phishing emails
that try to trick you into visiting
bogus websites or fill up fake
forms.
Security
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