What is Phishing?

Phishing is an attempt via email, Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In, to get you to give personal information to a criminal 3rd party. The basic scam is to send you an email that says you need to log into your bank account and verify a problem of some sort, the email provides a link to the site where you need to log in – EXCEPT it goes to a fraudulent site that records your username and password to be used later to steal money from you. Most banks and sites like Ebay and Paypal no longer send emails with links. If you get a mail like this -- and you will -- either call your financial institution directly or close the email and open a new browser window and type in the address of the site – DO NOT CLICK on the email. If you did click on the email, be sure and update your anti-virus and do a full system scan.

Agile Gadgets creates mobile software programs for smallish businesses. Orion Technology Solutions is the technology department for small businesses in the far north Dallas Metro area. They can be reached at 972.369.8540.