ARE YOU AWARE OF THE FACT THAT YOUR ONLINE BUSINESS MAY BE PERCEIVED AS A SCAM?

Recently, Halifax Bank closed its online facility after customers received e-mails asking them to click on a web site link and reveal their security details. The scam has also targeted Barclays, Lloyds TSB and NatWest customers in the past two months. This scam, known as “phishing” has also hit large retail banks in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and mainland Europe during the past few years. Phishing scams are very popular among criminals now.

These scams are not confined only to online banking. In fact, they have gone beyond that area of interest. There is a steep rise in online business scams in the past year alone.