Phishing, smishing and vishing are the names given to some of the most common cybercrimes. And yes, they are very yuyishing , right? Therefore, since any of us can be victims of a crime of this type, it is important to know them and know how to prevent them. Be careful with the emails and text messages you receive! They can hide fraud under a legitimate appearance.
Phishing is a crime of identity theft via email. When it occurs via SMS, we speak of smishing , and if it is via a phone call, we speak of vishing . The way they all work, except for the channel, is very similar. It consists of sending a malicious communication in which the identity of a certain bank, organization or company is impersonated in order to obtain personal information, such as bank account passwords or card details.
Did you know that Spain is in the top 10 countries with the most phishing attacks and that the most common cases of these are financial phishing ? In this type of electronic crime, criminals impersonate a cryptocurrency data certain financial institution in order to steal sensitive information from users. By paying special attention to certain aspects of these emails, we can identify them and directly ignore them.
How to identify fraudulent emails and SMS
These emails usually look 'normal'. However, if we look closely, we can see that this is not the case. Or at least, we can suspect it. If we have the slightest suspicion, we should delete the email and contact our financial institution as soon as possible. Let's look at some of the aspects to look out for:
These are usually alarmist messages in which we are asked to take action urgently. In the case of entities of the Caja Rural Group, we will never inform you of the inactivity of your account or a possible blocking of your card through these SMS or email, so do not reply to the message and contact us so that we can check that everything is okay.
These are not usually personalized messages . Pay attention to how you are addressed and if there are any grammatical errors. If inappropriate language is used or there are strange expressions, it is best to ignore it.