Safety Tips to Avoid Online Scams this Festive Season

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WEBINAR

Safety Tips to Avoid

Online Scams this

Festive Season


In a good year, cyber criminals

make around £12 million from

online frauds planned during the

Christmas season.

#FACT!


In this webinar, we will

discuss:


#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


#1. Top 10 Holiday Scams on

the Internet


Following are the top 10

festive/holiday scams you

need to watch out for:


#1.

FAKE

ADVERTISING


#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.


#2.

BOGUS

CHARITIES


#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.


#3.

PROMOTIONAL

EMAILS


#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.


#4.

HOLIDAY

TRAVEL

SCAMS


#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.


#5.

HOLIDAY

GREETING

SCAMS


#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.


#6.

CREDIT

CARD

SCAMS


#6. Masking a malicious email as a

great Credit Card deal, a

scammer may trick the user into

giving away their personal

information.


#7.

SURVEY

SCAMS


#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.


#8.

WORK FROM

HOME

SCAMS


#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.


#9.

Fake Gift

Cards


#9. During the holiday season, many

users receive fake gift cards over

emails, for services they might

have never opt for.


#10.

Fake Twitter

Deals


#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.


#2. Some Great Tips

to Stay Safe Against

Such Scams


Never click on pop-up

advertisements, even if

they look genuine.

Tip #1.


Don’t respond to

unwanted or

unexpected promotional

emails, even if the

sender looks familiar.

Tip #2.


Shop from well-known

online websites. Ensure,

that their payment

page’s URL begins with

‘https’ and has a lock

symbol.

Tip #3.


Always go for cash-on-

delivery payment mode

if you are shopping from

a less familiar website.

Tip #4.


Don’t go for offers that

sound too good to be

true.

Tip #5.


Avoid clicking on social

media posts that promise

gifts in return for

completed survey.

Tip #6.


Do not shop online when

you are connected to a

public/free, unsecured

Wi-Fi network.

Tip #7.


Read reviews of products

and websites before you

actually purchase them.

Tip #8.


Be careful of social

media posts that ask for

donation for charity.

Tip #9.


Be it any offer, do some

research on it and

ensure that it is for real.

Tip #10.


Do not give away your

personal information

over email or phone, no

matter how urgent the

matter sounds.

Tip #11.


Never visit a shopping or

banking website by

clicking on links

received via emails.

Tip #12.


Have a reliable Internet Security

program for your PC that can

automatically block phishing

and infected websites, and stop

malicious emails.

Tip #13.


#3. How Quick Heal Protects

your from All Such Scams


Quick Heal protects you

from being scammed by

online scammers mainly

with its Anti-Phishing

features:


Allows you to shop and bank in a

virtual environment, away from the

reach of hackers and malware.

Safe

Banking


Takes all necessary steps to

ensure that your financial details

are hack-proof.

Safe

Banking [continued…]


Automatically blocks websites that

are designed to steal your

personal and banking information.

Web

Security


Blocks spam and phishing emails

that try to trick you into visiting

bogus websites or fill up fake

forms.

Email

Security


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Safety Tips to Avoid Online Scams this Festive Season