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How To Keep Away From Karatbars Email Scams

By Ines Flores


Nowadays, a lot of people commit fraudulent acts for their personal gains. They steal personal or financial information from other people so that they can steal their money, as well. They even use modern equipments and technology to commit these acts.

Most people already have their own email accounts where they can receive important emails from their offices, their family members, or their friends. For this, many fraudsters also engage themselves in karatbars email scams to commit fraudulent acts. The persons should exercise vigilance so that they can avoid these scams.

Strong passwords that could not be guessed easily by other people should be used by the individuals. Their birthdays or their names should not be used for their personal passwords. Difficult security questions should also be set. They need to ensure that the answer to the security questions are only known to them. These passwords and answers should not be written on things that could be easily seen by other people.

There are times where they will receive emails from unknown sources. Usually, these unknown sources will pose as their banks or creditors. These emails will typically ask them to click on the links that these pages contain so that they can update their bank or credit information. However, in reality, these links contain viruses or malwares that can damage their computers. These viruses or malwares can even steal their personal information. The individuals should not click on the links that these unknown emails contain.

There are times where they will also receive emails that will offer them with certain products. Some will even say that the buyers can avail of some freebies or discounts if they order online. The persons should not buy products that come from the emails that they do not know. This way, they will not waste their money.

The person should not be providing his person or financial details to others through the Internet. Although at some point he could be providing the details to others due to some reasons, he should see to it that they are trusted people, like his spouse or a family member. This way, an illegal one will not be utilizing his information in doing an illegal activity.

Most email providers nowadays have features that automatically detect incoming spams. They usually send these emails to spam folders and store them for a month. After a month, the servers will automatically delete them. If they have time, the individuals should manually delete these spams immediately.

Aside from these providers, advanced security features are also offered by most browsers nowadays. The certificates of these websites and their safety can be checked by these features. These security features should be known and used by the persons.

They should also install antivirus software in their computers. These programs will block these viruses so that they cannot destroy the files and even the computers of the individuals. Once they receive suspicious emails and accidentally click on the links, they should immediately run these programs so that they can check if their computers have viruses or none at all.




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