Los Angeles IT services can help you both avoid getting scammed by common cons that exist on the net like viruses in the real world and helping you to recover if such a scam has grabbed you by the throat and stilted operations.
To that end, three common scams will be briefly explored here:
- The Plea For Help
- The Attachment
- The Link
The Plea For Help
You've probably seen this one. Some Nigerian Prince sends you an e-mail out of the blue that looks like somebody threw words in a blender then poured them on the page. The English is bad. Or, if it isn't bad, the message is too good to be true. "I've got a million dollars, but political unrest in my country is keeping me away from the banks! Can I get your account number so I can deposit my assets in your bank? I've got a million; I'll let you keep fifty thousand!"
You may be surprised that people would be gullible enough to fall for something like this that is "too good to be true"; but variations of this scam are numerous, and regularly reel in unsuspecting Internet users.
Attachment Shenanigans
This scam is a lot more difficult to notice. Basically, you'll either get an e-mail from someone you know or from a name you recognize but an e-mail you don't. Unlike other scams, this one is sometimes personalized to such a degree it doesn't seem to be either foreign or "spammed" out en masse. Certainly, such scams are regularly spammed out, but cybercriminals get increasingly
savvy as old modes of success become less tenable.
Basically, there's an attachment with a legitimate story drawing you into opening it. Maybe you're in music or writing. Someone says: "I love the story you submitted; I've left my notes in the attachment." You open the attachment, and whamo--- suddenly your files are held for ransom and your business grinds to a halt as you either pay the fee or must utterly reconfigure your
systems.
Spurious Links
This scam can be terribly egregious or simple enough to resolve. A lot of times, the scammer just wants to use your account as some underhanded means of advertising. Social media is commonly the culprit "phished" here. It works like this: you'll get a message or a Facebook wall post that says: "I can't believe what you did in this picture!" And then there's a link. They may reference a video, too. You click the link, and nothing seems to happen--- except, your information has been phished.
This scam can backhand you from an e-mail, too. Basically, don't click on spurious links. Sometimes they'll come from an e-mail that is a combination of several other e-mails in your inbox. Los Angeles IT services experts can help you filter these out.
Getting Online Protection
Think of the right Los Angeles company providing IT services as a vaccine against online computer viruses. We at Vitalpoints are cognizant of all the most prevalent scams, be they of the "phishing," "ransomware," "adware," etc. Online scams continuously transition, and we have time to learn them. Reach out to us today and let’s discuss the best security measures for your business.