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Make your online accounts secure
Make sure you have a strong password
for your email accounts that you don’t use
anywhere else. If you’re worried about
remembering lots of different passwords, you
can use a password manager.
Some websites let you add a second step
when you log in to your account – this is
known as ‘two-factor authentication’. This
guarantee you’re buying from a real company.
makes it harder for scammers to access your
accounts.
Don’t click on or download anything you
don’t trust Find out how to set up two-factor
Don’t click on or download anything you don’t authentication across services like Gmail,
trust - for example, if you get an email from a Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Outlook and
company with a strange email address. Doing iTunes on the on the National Cyber Security
this could infect your computer with a virus. Centre website.
Make sure your antivirus software is up to date Know how your bank operates
to give you more protection.
Check your bank’s website to see how your
bank will and won’t communicate with you.
Be careful about giving personal
information away For example, find out what type of security
questions they’ll ask if they phone you.
Some scammers try to get your personal
information – for example, the name of your Find out about recent scams
primary school or your National Insurance
number. They can use this information to hack To find out about scams across the country,
your accounts. If you come across sites that you can sign up to the Trading Standards
ask for this type of information without an email alert on their website. Trading Standards
obvious reason, check they’re legitimate. can investigate and take court action against
scammers.
Check if your details have been shared If you want to know about scams in your local
online area, sign up for email alerts on Action Fraud’s
Sometimes your log-in details can be made website. You can also find out about common
publicly available when a website is hacked. financial scams on the Financial Conduct
This means that someone could use your Authority’s website.
details in a scam. Check whether your
accounts have been put at risk on Have I
www.citizensadvice.org.uk
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