A friend asked for help. He wants you to wire a couple of crowns to a certain account so that he doesn\’t miss out on a bargain. Before you start helping on the Internet, you need to keep your wits about you. Just don\’t rush to enter yourpersonal informationorpasswordinto an Internet bank! You could lose a lot of money. 
For example, there is a scam called phishing. The name comes from the English word phishing, meaning fishing. Internet hackers began this activity as early as 1996. They send variousdeceptive linksand messages to users of social networks. The goal is to obtainbank account and credit card numbersand necessary passwords from them. Their fake online payment service pagelooks serious to many and they enter their details there without thinking. At that moment, they get caught. And, of course, they are robbed! It\’s hard to believe, but even after all these years, this old “idea” still works for many people. They have a 70% success rate on social media, exploiting our contacts. Warnings about Internet scammers never seem to be enough! We
– avoid openingsocial media links and message attachments
contained in unsolicited emails
, not filling in anything (especially not writing passwords
or making phone calls [40]) [41] – and Check the URL [43] of the site you use to communicate online [42] (fake site addresses and real site addresses often differ in details that can easily be overlooked, e.g., missing characters that should only look like typos, domain names com/cz are confused)
– Don\’t forget to install security features and update your browser
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