First, in the case of Phishing, you are sent an email that looks very authentic and if you are not careful, you could get caught and end up allowing sensitive information pass right to the Phisher and then you are caught hook line and sinker. With SPAM, you are sent lots of emails or other forms of electronic messages which could bog down your system. They are both in the form of electronic messages and/or email. One can bog down your system and the other can bog down your pocket book or wallet if you are not careful. I’m currently writing a 3 part article on SPAM and with this I am going over the effects of what spam can do and how to deal with it. The first two parts are posted already. There are also some posts on Phishing. Unfortunately this SPAM doesn’t spoil and Phishers have plenty of bait to use. I’ve been seeing a lot of spam and have recently received some emails that were obvious Phishing attempts. I decided that it would be prudent to write about these issues to be able to help anyone who needs this information.
I have multiple blogs and some receive lots of spam every day. Some of the spam is close to being useful while others are not. About 99 percent of the spam received on a daily basis ends up being deleted. I’ve noticed a steady increase of spam since launching my blogs early this year. Large volumes of spam can have a bad effect on a server.
With Phishing, and while volumes of these types of email is not the issue, responding to them is. I’ve received around 3 emails this past week and they were all fraudulent emails that appeared to be from very legitimate web sites. One of the web sites, I don’t even have an account with, which made it a dead give away. I contacted both web sites and one responded right away informing me that the email was fraudulent.
Both spam and fraudulent emails from Phisher’s are security hazards and need to be treated seriously. Stay tuned for my 3rd part on SPAM – It’s effects and what to do.
Also, you can refer to the following posts:
1. SPAM – It’s effects and what to do – Part #1
2. SPAM – It’s effects and What to do – Part #2
3. What you should know about Phishing
