In this attack, a victim receives an e-mail claiming from PayPal stating that their account has been disabled and confirmation is required before activation. The attackers then scam to collect not one but two credit card numbers, ATM PIN number and other personal details.
Ignorant users usually fall prey to this scam.
Which of the following statement is incorrect related to this attack?
A.
Do not reply to email messages or popup ads asking for personal or financial information
B.
Do not trust telephone numbers in e-mails or popup ads
C.
Review credit card and bank account statements regularly
D.
Antivirus, anti-spyware, and firewall software can very easily detect these type of attacks
E.
Do not send credit card numbers, and personal or financial information via e-mail
I have never had Antivirus, anti-spyware or firewall detect a phishing email. And It is a good practice to not reply to emails or pop-up ads that ask for personal or financial info. So why is the “correct” answer A and not D?
D.
D for me too!
D for me too
Yes, D is the correct answer.
A is not correct.. because the question is asking what is incorrect in these statements. So, D is the incorrect on. They can’t have ability to detect them.
Good catch!
D. is the correct answer
You can ignor the email and pop up, but this is not solving the problem. you need anti-virus, anti-spam, etc to clean you system.
The correct answer is 😀