5 tips for 'fishing' money online

Internet crimes have been dubbed online magicians because they have thousands of moves to exploit the users' beliefs and innocence, especially taking advantage of blogging relationships.

"I am traveling in London but stealing my wallet, send money to help me"

Although never met in real life, many people who know each other through blogs are still very close and willing to help with suggestions. Taking advantage of this, cybercriminals after the title "blogger" can send messages to some people in the friendlist, telling them that they cannot go home because they have lost all their money. Those virtual friends will be willing to share financial difficulties without a doubt. However, security experts are not sure that the "tap" of the money is a blogger or blog that has been stolen by hackers to profit.

"Someone is secretly missing you. Download this software to know who it is"

On blog sites, thousands of applications are posted and viewers often show their trust because it is shared by members rather than distributed automatically. But many of them are programmed to steal users' personal information. " Facebook and other social networks cannot control all the programs that are put up, " explains Graham Cluley, an expert with Sophos (UK). " Even if they don't contain malicious code, entertainment software, horoscopes, divination will require you to enter real information such as birth dates, phone numbers, names, even photos . and you can't know what they use that information ".

"Hey, there's a video about you, okay?"

Currently, Twitter blog members are very likely to receive the attached URL stating that the video recording they are spreading is online and of course they will quickly click on the link. Then, a page with the same Twitter interface will appear and if logged in, the password will fall into the hands of hackers.

"You have not paid for an item on eBay. Click here to pay."

Shira Rubinoff, of Green Armor Solutions security software company in New Jersey (USA), said eBay users are very crowded and that every online auction can last for several days. Therefore some members may forget that they have participated in the price of the product so there is no doubt when they receive the notice. As a result, they are led to a phishing site or contain a dangerous code.

"You are fired. Click here to register for compensation."

In the context of the economic downturn, many people fear they will lose their jobs and cybercrime immediately take advantage of this worry by creating e-mails that look like they are sent from the human resources department with an explanation of the situation. The company's tragedy, hope employees will sympathize and quickly register to get compensation.