Many people's habits in the online world are not cautious, which leads to opportunities for fraudsters, making credit card theft, cryptocurrency investment scams, and online shopping scams become common online fraud cases in recent years.
Everyone often feels that they are well protected in the online world, but they do not know that they have dangerous online habits, which can lead to potential economic losses at any time, and fall into scams by mistake!
Take the cyber security knowledge test now to see how high your cyber security awareness is, and refer to the following 3 anti-scam tips!
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The methods of deception are endless, and technology-related deceptions are even more common. In the 11 months of last year, a total of 14,602 technology crimes were recorded in Hong Kong, with an amount of HK$2.747 billion. Although only 512 email scams were involved, the amount involved was as high as about 2.747 billion Hong Kong dollars. 1.4 billion Hong Kong dollars, accounting for half of the total amount of technology crime.
In order to guard against online fraud, of course, be alert and careful to protect personal information.
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Anti-fraud Tip 1: Turn on HSBC's "Credit Card Suspicious Transaction Notification"
Credit card theft is one of the common scams, and scammers use a variety of tricks to steal.
In order to protect the security of users' funds and information, HSBC Hong Kong has enhanced the bank's fraud detection system, and has set up a "Credit Card Suspicious Transaction Notification" on the HSBC HK App.
Users only need to open the HSBC HK App to receive push notifications. When HSBC notices abnormal activity in the credit card account, it will take the initiative to notify, so that it is convenient to log in to check the transaction details in real time to ensure the authenticity of the transaction.
When the user confirms that the transaction is false, the system will reject the relevant transaction and block the credit card. After contacting the user to understand the situation, it will unlock or report the loss and issue a new credit card.
Activate the push notification feature on the HSBC HK App now to receive suspicious transaction notifications!
https://www.hsbc.com.hk/en-hk/misc/credit-card-fraud-alert/
HSBC Hong Kong has set up a special "Credit Card Suspicious Transaction Notification" on the HSBC HK App. Users only need to enable receiving push notifications. When HSBC notices abnormal activity in the credit card account, a notification will pop up to remind users.
Fraud Prevention Tip 2: Protect Personal Data
Email or text messaging is a common method of crime for scammers, tricking victims into providing their own passwords and banking details, or even enticing clicks to insert malware into embedded links, QR codes or file attachments.
Once accessing a phishing website, victims are usually prompted to enter personal security information, such as internet banking username, password, mobile security key, credit card number or one-time password, etc.
Most phishing sites are "phishing" sites that log all information entered and then steal the information to steal money.
Therefore, when checking emails or text messages, you need to pay attention to the identity of the sender. HSBC will never ask users to provide sensitive information such as username and password in phone calls and emails. Do not disclose account, credit card and password to anyone. personal data and should be protected.
Anti-scam tip 3: Make your password stronger and beware of hackers
Hackers are the enemy of personal data, and general hacking programs can even disassemble simple passwords, such as the word "password".
To guard against hackers, you should choose strong passwords and change them regularly.
The chosen password needs to avoid everyday words or phrases, and instead use uppercase, lowercase, or both letters, numbers, and symbols to form seemingly random combinations.
Passwords have to seem confusing, yet have meaning to themselves, so that they can be easily remembered while avoiding hacking.
Go to the website to check your password strength: https://www.hsbc.com.hk/tc/password
General hacking programs can disassemble simple passwords. You should choose strong passwords and change them regularly.
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