The attacker will gain your trust by pretending to be a known company, a friend, a relative, or a representative from a bank.

Phishing messages include links that take you to harmful websites to steal your credit/debit card information, passwords, or identity.

In some cases, these links contain malware that attaches to your mobile devices, and then you’re contacted by the attacker claiming to be a “technician” who will fix the issue in return for a payment.

Clone Phishing

The attacker uses a previously sent email with a link to log into a website, embeds the link with malware, and resends it intending to infect your computer.

Email Phishing

Email phishing scams often ask for immediate action to click on a link from an unsuspecting individual. Attackers make the email ID, the photograph, and the signature line of the email to look exactly like the organisation they are trying to copy so that you don’t suspect the mail at first sight.

Spear Phishing

Spear Phishing is a targeted phishing attack. Here, the fraudsters have access to your personal information. They use this to make their communication sound real or believable.

Pharming

Pharming is when fraudsters override the website address. Whenever you visit the website through a Google search, you’re automatically redirected to the attacker’s site, which phishers use to collect debit card information and other personal information like passwords.