What is an email scam?
Email scam is a very common but big scam in history even still alive now and has been Spreading very quickly and had been affecting many people yet. Email Fraud could be done through spam messages, the spam message like a fake message or miscellaneous message. The attacker or hacker uses this technique to spread Malware and Viruses or send an offer such as a lottery win, coupon scratch, and 100% free off, etc. When the spam Message is entered on the user system and if the user activates that link through clicking so then many kinds of serious problems would arise.
Real-life Example of email scam :
I would like to share with you a real email scam that has been happened to me. One day I was just checking my Emails as I do always, But one day, I got a mail from my University were mentioned some details about my academic research and my supervisor. That mail came from my university's mail-id, no one can easily identify that the mail is fack or spam and would hijack my account.
So within a few hours after clicking that link, spam mail had been created abnormal log files, hidden files, war files, jar SDK files, and trying to edit my root directory in my system. I was completely stuck at that movement because everything was gone from my control and my all data had been deleted. So in technological terms, it is a direct root directory attack through an email attachment. Probably you may also get sometimes spam messages too in your account if you see your mail carefully.
COVID-19 Vaccination Email Scam and Fraud:
During the COVID-19 pandemic period, the Government's cyber Forensics agencies have to get a lot of cases about email scams through Offering COVID-19 Vaccine or Corona Virus Vaccination. Fraudsters have targeted those people who are getting or searching for information for the COVID-19 Vaccine through the internet. Like Offering a Corona Virus Vaccine easily with the lowest amount, and Offering two free vaccines on taking one vaccine. Many people who are still not aware of this scam have been targeted very easily which is found on an official report. Don't trust any kind of Email completely whether it seems alike Government mail. Because maybe possible some mail will come by using Government identification and could give an offer for Registration under Government health schemes. So, keep aware of any kind of particular attacks. Security agencies also get cases related to financial fraud or asking for banking details by the fraudsters for giving CORONA VIRUS VACCINE. They want to get your account details then they do an online baking scam after retrieving your personal information. So to be also aware of this type of Email Scams.
How do we protect ourselves from email scams?
Google from its technical resources checks that the mail is genuine or created by any third-party vendor to target specific users. When Google identifies that the mail authentication is genuine then Google passes that email and gets the IP address from where they come. And if Google identifies that the mail is fake or spam mail, so by using its algorithm they automatically put emails to your spam folder. So if you're not sure about any Email so you can check it by checking its TLS certification details.
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