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What Is Phishing? How to Recognise and Avoid Scams

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Updated computers or iPad protect you from computer viruses but it’s Phishing you really need to worry about.

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What is Phishing?

If you send and receive emails and SMS messages you are constantly being exposed to Phishing.

Phishing scams try to steal your identity, login and password details in an attempt to steal money from you directly (internet banking) or redirect you to malicious sites that encrypt your data or hold your computer to ransom or profit from you by stealing your identity and on-selling that information onto other crooks.

What is Phishing and how can I defend against it.

Prevention is better than cure. Please watch the following video.

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