PREVENTING E-MAIL PHISHING

Email identity theft is perpetrated to convince others that they are legitimate firms that have legitimate reasons for asking for people's financial information such as bank access, credit card numbers and so forth. This is phishing.

The first suggestion for prevention of email identity theft is to use a DNS service supplier or domain registrar not related to your Web host company. This is useful to prevent your being blocked on the Web if someone passes themselves off as you and commits phishing or spamming expeditions.

You might want to take this one step further and keep a second copy of your site as a hot backup from a second server and host provider. If the first host company fails you can switch quickly.

Shorten your Time to Live (TTL) settings, which will limit your DNS records lifetime. The longer your cached copies of the DNS records are available the longer users can be directed to the fraudulent site.

If you can, choose a host that gives you an IP address that is not shared. If you share your address and the other sites are victims of email identity theft, you could be shut down when they are.

Finally, if you are a consumer and receive an email from a bank or what seems a legitimate business, never click on the link in the email. Manytimes these will take you to sites that may look ligitimate, but are set up to try to dup you into providing personally identifiable information.Never transact business with people or companies you don't know and can't verify.

PREVENT IDENTITY THEFT

There are basically some measures to actualy be save on the usage of internet to saveguard informations. In my opinion i have listed certain ways to protect online theft
1. Protect your Social Security number

2. Treat your trash and mail carefully

3. Be on guard when using the Internet

4. Select intricate passwords

5. Verify sources before sharing information

6. Safeguard your purse and wallet

7. Store information in secure locations

SPYING ON KIDS.......for good reasons

In the wake of fears over paedophiles 'groooming' children on the internet, parents are now using powerful software to monitor what their offspring do and say online.

The sophisticated programmes, which seem more suited to the world of espionage than a child's bedroom, can record and analyse every word typed into a computer while a child surfs the net.

Some of the software programmes can compile daily or weekly reports and email them to parents who can check for signs of paedophile activity or see if their children have sought access to unsuitable websites. The reports give a detailed breakdown of what the child typed into chatrooms, emails or message boards and also replies.

By having this actions taken, parents will be able to monitor the kid's behavior and also prevent unethical things which could destroy their kids future...Parents could protect a child by controlling what he or she can and cannot access.

more information can be sough at http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2003/feb/02/security.childrensservices

Malaysia Lottery International: You Won 2.5 Million Dollars – Identity Theft Fraud

Malaysia Lottery International [info@mala.com]: You Won 2.5 Million Dollars?? I certainly don’t think so. Granted it would be great to win so much money I know that this is another identity fraud operation with an intent to collect lots and lots of money from unsuspecting individuals. Here’s the short write up along with a phone number to call (of course, don’t call it):

You won $2.5 Million Dollars from the Malaysia Sweepstakes.Mr Andy Jerry fordelivery of your Cheque via email:asiapacific_2000@verizon.net

+60142672160
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours Truly,
Goh Song Keng.
Online Co-Ordinator

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In my opinion whatever a person do don’t reply in any shape of form. You will most likely fall victim to personal information theft and financial fraud. This email is very short but a succinct one. This is a dangerous fact! This cases are quite on the rise in malaysia. Users should not reply this emails as the information can be leaked to them.Always ignore these mails.The respondent will be persuaded to give his personal information such as BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER which could lead to theft by the scammers.