Important Tips To Secure Your Crypto Holding: Beware Of Phishing Links #004

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Hello great minds,

It is a wonderful opportunity to come before you all today to discuss on an issue of great importance in the cryptospace.

I believe you are all doing perfectly fine and are enjoying your activities in the community today.

Today is a beautiful day and I am here to continue an interesting conversation I began with members of this great community, a conversation centered around how we can keep our digital holdings safe by being aware of phishing links.

We have discussed at length what phishing links are and their mode of operation.
Now we shall be discussing on the preventive measures to avoid phishing links.

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PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST PHISHING LINKS

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In as much as there are several tactics being used by phishing links scammers, there are also several preventive measures that we can take against them.

Here we shall be examining these preventive measures below

• EDUCATION:

One very effective preventive measure against phishing links is education, which can otherwise be called public enlightenment or user awareness.

This enlightenment will teach the public the schemes of this phishing links and how to easily recognize them.

By being taught, the preys will no longer be preys to this schemes, rather they will become extra careful before clicking on any link.

• HOVER OVER LINKS:

Hovering over links is another effective method of preventing falling prey to phishing links.

Before clicking on a link, it is best that you hover over the link so as to detect it's destination.

By doing so, you will be able to differentiate between a legitimate link and a phishing link.
And that will prevent a user from clicking a Phishing link.

• CHECK SENDER'S INFORMATION:

Another way to guard against phishing link is by always checking the sender's information before opening the mail.

Checking the sender's information will always help one to distinguish between a scammer and a legitimate crypto user.

Without checking the information of the sender, users will easily fall prey to this type of scam.

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CONCLUSION

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It is very important to be on guard against phishing link scammers, if one is not careful enough, he will end up loosing not only his sensitive information but also his assets.