Never give your credit card information online

Have you ever experience receiving a call from your bank account about having transactions you don’t know of or being shocked after checking your account balance that magically getting deducted? Maybe transacted to an unknown site using your credit card. If you ever did, you fell into a credit card phishing scheme.

First, what is phishing, and how it works

Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information or data, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details, by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. It uses a site or an email that looks trusted and legal which has a fake security measure that requires verification about your sensitive information.

How to prevent it:

• Never fill out an email that you not know

• Do not log in your accounts to unknown and suspicious sites

• Never give your credit card information online

• Protect your sensitive information

Just transact only in online shops that is known and have a good reputation

Find a trustworthy online shop that you can trust because this way you will prevent being a victim in phishing and this online shop also has bank partners which is a safer way to transact and save yourself from trouble.

Be vigilant about your emails and calls you receive

Sometimes you will just receive a call or a text that is asking about your bank information. If you encounter this, don't ever give them an answer because a bank will never ask about your information instead just ignore it and report them.