Nowadays, those who cheat online are drawing new ways every day and now they have adopted a method that most of us are two-four daily- from the ‘Unsubscribe’ button of email. If you too, get upset with a lot of promotional messages coming on email every day, press the ‘Unsubscribe’ button, then be careful! It has now become a new scam.
How does this new scam work?
Most people think that clicking on the ‘Unsubscribe’ button will get rid of unwanted emails, but now cyber criminals are using this button and are trapping people in the trap. Scammers send you fake email in which it seems that you have joined a newsletter or promotional site. When you click on the link given in the circle of unseen, the same link tells your email account active and after that your information starts to be targeted.
Unsubscribe link makes mesh
In these fake emails, there is a kind of tracking code hidden in the unheld emails. As soon as you click on it, the scammers know that your email is being used. After this, they try to implicate you even more fake job offers, breathtaking discounts or banks related to bank. In some cases, such links can put malware in your device or steal sensitive information like password.
How to keep yourself safe?
1. Stay away from unknown emails: If an email comes from a person or company that you do not know, do not click on any link given in it.
2. Mark as spam: Mark that suspicious email in Gmail or any email service, this will prevent such mails in future.
3. Hide email address: Use tools like ‘Hide My Email’, which prevent your real email from exposing.
4. Keep security software updates: Always keep antivirus and email apps in the latest version so that protection remains with new threats.
5. Click thoughtfully: Think twice before clicking any link – is this email really reliable?
Relying on every ‘Unsubscribe’ button given in email can now be dangerous. Scammers are waiting for one of your click so that they can target you. Therefore, it is important that we be cautious and use technology wisely. If a little attention is paid, it is absolutely possible to save yourself from such online fraud.
Caution is the biggest security.