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Learn more about angler phishing, and how you can prevent it from happening at your district.

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what we learned with spearfishing social media provides a Feeding Frenzy for cybercriminals looking to steal information as a result social media fraud is increasing at an alarm great things to another form of 15 called angler Fishing where scammers use fake customer support accounts the snare is steal from their victims this scam is named after the angler fish which uses a shining lure to attract it's smaller prey example would be a customer uses social media to contact the company to request customer support the customer is unaware that they have been duped into using a fake customer support account and that they are now communicating directly with the pack and not a legitimate company the hackers for play the victim with a link which directs them to an official-looking site and Duke's the customers and entering their login credentials and other personal financial information angler Fishing scams companies in online retailers attempting to steal Financial formation and make fraudulent purchases an example of how this game works using a fake Twitter account hacker sent tweets to PayPal customer is encouraging them to go to the actual PayPal account for customer assistance while they're this game she was there fake Twitter accounts to monitor the site for their victims who are expecting a response quickly hijacked the conversation website once their victims and their usernames and passwords the hackers log into there at house and steal their money and their data angler Fishing scams have also been effective in gaining banking credentials ATM pin codes credit card numbers security questions and answers I needed Social Security numbers here so you can help her Michelle from angler fishes never log into an account if the link was provided to you through email or social media do not copy a link from a social media post and paste it into your web browser you could still end up in a malicious side and potentially malware on your computer or network the best way to guarantee the authenticity of a website is to type the address directly into your web browser bottom line be wary of links and attachments to avoid being a victim of phishing take the bait

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