Q What is Phishing?

A Phishing is a method in which fraudsters will send out spoof emails and fake websites in order to trick people into giving out their valuable and personal data. Phishers will pretend to be well known banks, retailers or credit card companies, and often send emails asking the recipient to follow the link (to a false website) to update their details.

How Can I Avoid These Phishing Attacks?

Remember that banks will never write to you asking for your personal details.

Remember it is very unlikely that a company will have lost your information.

If you receive an email you are unsure about, don't open any attachments or click on any links, and contact the bank or company to verify the email.

Check your account to make sure there has been no fraudulent activity.

Read the email carefully. Phishing emails quite often have a lot of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.