🔒 Day 10 of Learning Digital Marketing | How to Stay Safe from Scams? | GICT 🔒

Welcome to the 10th day of Gursifat’s journey into Digital Marketing from GICT. Today, she is discussing one important topic: How to protect oneself from scams and hackers! 💻🔐

⚠️Did Just a Simple Click Ever Lead to Your Account Being Hacked?
Scammers use phishing links to steal your personal information, hack your accounts and place malware. These links appear to be legitimate but redirect you to fake websites created to steal your passwords and data.

But the good news is that if you can read a URL properly, you will survive these scams! Let’s break down the process step by step.

📌 Grasping a URL: The Cyber Security Key
A URL (or Uniform Resource Locator) is the web address you see in your browser. Know how to read it, and then you will easily identify fake websites before clicking on them.

This is how a URL is structured:

✅ Protocol – The first part of the URL (such as HTTPS://). A secure site will have HTTPS instead of HTTP, with the S indicating that data is encrypted. 🚀

✅ Subdomain – The part preceding the main domain (e.g., blog.website.com where “blog” is the subdomain). Scammers add misleading subdomains to trick you (secure-paypal.com.scam-site.xyz).

✅ Second-Level Domain (SLD) – This is the actual domain name, e.g., “amazon” is the SLD of amazon.com.

Focus on this part to know whether a site is fake or not.

✅ Top Level Domain (TLD) – Another name for the extension (e.g., .com, .org, .net, .gov). Scammers usually use weird TLDs like .xyz, .tk, .biz to tempt individuals.

✅ Page Path – The segment that comes after the TLD (e.g., /login, /offer, /free-gift). Scammers post misleading page paths as /win-iphone-free with the hope that you will click on it.

🚨 How to Check If a Website is Safe Before Clicking a Link?
Cybercriminals disguise malicious links to look legitimate. Here’s how you can check them:

🛑 Step 1: Always check the address thoroughly before clicking on it at any time. Hackers will usually modify small letters or add extra characters (like g00gle.com instead of google.com) after creating the fake site.

🛑 Step 2: Leave space before the extension (eg, type google com instead of google.com) and search for it on Google.

🛑 Step 3: If the authenticated website appears in the search results, it’s possibly genuine. If it doesn’t show up, NEVER click on it! 🚨

🚀 Example of Scam Links vs. Real Links
❌ Fake:
🔴 www.paypal-login.secure-payment.net (Looks real but is a scam!)
🔴 www.y0utube-support.com/login (Uses “0” instead of “o”)
🔴 www.amazon-offer.tk/login (Weird .tk extension)

✅ Real:
🟢 www.paypal.com/login
🟢 www.youtube.com
🟢 www.amazon.com

🔥 Common Types of Scams You Should Stay Away from
🔹 Phishing Emails – Emails usually between banks, social media platforms, and payment services asking you to click a link to enter in login details.

🔹 Fake Giveaways & Prizes – These are messages that tell you to have won either an iPhone or a lottery but require you to click a suspicious link.

🔹 Tech Support Scams – You get calls or pop-ups posing to be Microsoft, Apple, or Google advising that your device has a virus and wants to gain remote access to it.

🔹 Fake Shopping Websites – Websites promise tempting discounts, but unfortunately, once you acquired the payment, you never receive the item.

🛡️ How to Defend Yourself against Internet Scams?
🔹 Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) – It adds another extra layer of security on your accounts.
🔹 Strong Passwords-a password as simple as ‘123456’ or ‘password’ should never be used.
🔹 Do not Click on Links that are Suspicious – Google the site unless you are very much sure.
🔹 Look for HTTPS – Before entering info on any site, always be sure to check an HTTPS.
🔹 Share with Others-This information should be shared with family & friends in order to keep them safe!

Empty my digital mind before posting anything that could endanger me from online fraud. Most important tip: Verify before clicking-the omnipresent cybercriminals are always inventing new tricks. Pass this video on to your friends and family so that they are saved from online scams!

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