Don’t Become a Victim of Phishing
Phishing Is On the Rise
You receive an email from your credit card company (or at least you think it’s from your credit card company) stating that your information needs to be verified or your account will be closed. They want you to reply to the email will specific information, like your credit card number or your CVC2 code. What do you do?
Don’t Fall For It
First of all, if your credit card company has any sense at all, they will never ask you for your personal information in an email. Email is not secure and your information can be hacked if you were to do so. That being said, if you receive an email like this one, it’s probably not from your credit card company at all. It’s a common scam called phishing and if you reply to such an email, you’ll just have become the victim of it.
Protect Yourself
To protect yourself from phishing, simply delete any email you receive that asks you for your personal information. If you do accidentally give out your personal or credit card information to one of these emails, immediately contact the number on the back of your credit card so appropriate measures can be taken.