Scam-Block-PlusA Chrome extension
Protects you from online phishing scams
… fraudulent phishing emailswere sent ...
From: www.justice.gov
One million people affected. Says www.bbc.com
Attackers tricked FACC financial controllers
IBM reported in April, that it was seeing a significant increase in the volume of tax related phishing attacks between December 2016 and February 2017.
Business Email Compromise (BEC) complaintsto the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
From October 2013 to May 2016:
Victim companies: 15,668 Dollar loss: $1,053,849,635
Since January 2015:
1,300% increase in losses.
ScamBlockPlus to the rescue
https://www.scamblockplus.org
Protects your: Gmail, Outlook, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, ...
After clicking ona link referring to huffingtonpost.com
After clicking ona scam-link.
User can’t sign-in.
Verified emails are marked with green color
Fake email addresses are not marked
Defining verifiedemail addresses
Usually emails of CEO and CFO
ScamBlockPlus will prevent you from being a victim of phishing scams.
https://www.scamblockplus.org