Saudi cyber security: 10 ways to protect from hunting and electronic fraud

There are many methods and methods of electronic hunting and fraud, which is a type of more prevalent electronic crime, and it is used by criminals to lure the Internet user to detect personal information so that these criminals can exploit it in their favor.

In this regard, the National Guidance Center for Cyber Security revealed 10 ways to help protect from hunting and electronic fraud.

Cyber security explained that these methods are the following:

1- It must always be verified by the email sender, especially when opening messages that contain links or attachments.

2- Avoid opening emails from sent from reliable sources.

3- The necessity of reporting all suspicious messages.

4- Ensure before answering any messages or calls that ask you for personal and secret information.

5- Passing the index over the link to verify its health and reliability.

6- Not in promotional offers using the official email of the work authority.

7- Searching for grammatical or spelling errors in emails, as it may be an indication of a fake message.

8- Visit safe web sites, and search for the lock mark next to the website link.

9- The necessity of protecting the people themselves when receiving messages from banks or government agencies that require providing or updating site data, by referring to the authority and accessing the correct link manually..

10- Install all software and systems updates with the device and to ensure their source.

It is noteworthy that electronic construction is also called electronic fraud, electronic lure and thieves, means that a person or company is fraud and cheating by sending an email, claiming that from a regular company that the recipient of the message is linked to this company, and he is asked to obtain some personal information such as bank account details, and wordsTraffic, credit card details.