Cybercriminals hacked your less tech-savvy older family and friends email accounts and computer to send you viruses via email or file attachments when you open the email.
How to protect your loved ones?
Take the info and share it with your friends and relatives.
Send this article to your family.
Teach your family to
- Google “How to protect yourself against phishing emails.”
- not to click on links in the email.
- about password selection and protection.
- uses social media, knows about what can and can’t be safely shared.
- to think before they act.
Add your family members to the “Do Not Call” register.
How do you stop the scam phone calls?
Install “Truecaller or Hiya phone app” to block all overseas countries except your own country, block everyone except those on your contacts.
Tell your friends, colleagues and family to only call you using their mobile phone no that they have given to you.
Tell them not to call you between 5 pm to 7 pm.
Disconnect home phone number.
When you pick up the phone call, don’t speak. Don’t say yes. Ask “Who are you.”
If you don’t know the person, hang up.
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What do you think? Let me know your thoughts. I will much appreciate it if you will share this with your family and friends. :)
