How 2 Avoid the latest Phishing Scam

Most of you know that "phishing" is the term for websites or emails that are designed to trick you into giving them passwords or other sensitive information.

Most of you know not to provide any passwords or account numbers to anyone who contacts you.

However, there is a new tactic going on where a seemingly normal website suddenly changes to look like an email log-in page or your bank or something else.

ALWAYS CHECK THE URL IN THE ADDRESS BAR BEFORE TYPING IN YOUR PASSWORD OR OTHER SENSITIVE INFORMATION

Here's an article about this: right-click on the link and open it in a new tab, then click back to the tab with this page. Wait 5 seconds and watch what happens to the tab that used to have the article in it.........
http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/a-new-type-of-phishing-attack/

this one is DEFINITELY worth the read.......it's a little spooky.

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