Electronic frauds and how to avoid them
Electronic frauds consist of a criminal activity through Internet, computers and telecommunication services. These frauds can be done by many different acts, but the four most important categories include data, informatics, identity thievery and computer frauds.
“We must be forewarned to avoid being victims of any electronic frauds, now that technology is so important, taking care of our personal data is more important as well, avoiding sharing personal data with unnecessarily”, said Salomon Juan Marcos Villarreal about this topic.
Here is more information about the electronic frauds:
- Identity thievery – This is a common crime that consists of any person assuming the identity of another one, without his or her acquiescence, it is directly related to electronic frauds when a person uses that identity with the information taken from electronic media, including hacking or stealing electronic documents.
- Computer frauds – Includes identity thievery, and phishing, the scammers dress up like professionals working for credit card enterprises or banks with the only intention to obtain passwords, usernames or credit card information.
- Online frauds – This is a method used to steal information from another person. An example of the online frauds is the fake webpages, it is important that you check twice if you are entering into the correct website before you enter your personal information.
- Computer-based scams – These types of frauds were designed to mislead persons, the electronic correspondence is associated with this type of scams, for example, e-mails sent to a list of persons telling them they won a prize.
“Electronic frauds are unfortunately more common than ever, so we need to be sure with whom we are sharing our information and only do it when it is absolutely necessary, especially when we are using our mobile phone or a computer”, added Salomon Juan Marcos Villarreal, president of Grupo Denim.
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