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Cyber Security Reports On New Email Scamming Approaches

Cybersecurity research found out four email scams and warns to watch out before taking any action by having an active Norton account for protection against malicious files.
Cyber Security Reports On New Email Scamming Approaches

An email scam is nothing new but an excessively used method for stealing personal users data. It was recently noticed that someone has been impersonating a member of the Canadian parliament. The crook created a fake email LinkedIn accounts and shot an email to various people asking for funds. According to the reports, the email says the parliament member needs nearly $450,000 for an unidentified China-based organization. The mail does not mention any other details and the data about people tipping off money is not certain yet.
However, numbers of users detected the incredulous approach of requesting fund and informed government and police. Besides the action taken by the government, it is recommended to users to watch out an email that asks them to share their personal data, to click a link, or to download a file.

Be on guard when you see emails with these scam context
Most importantly, having an active Norton account is necessary to allow antivirus software to sort the kind of emails that are malicious or contains infected files or links.  When you receive emails requesting for the fund, make sure you do not respond to that mail before a thorough authentication.
On the other hand, users can also become a victim of cybercrime if the click any phishing link received via scam email. The technique of sending links that extracts your account details just when you redirect on it is used very often. To stay protect against such ill practices, create a Norton account at Norton.com/setup and subscribe to a product that offers email and internet protection.

 To get an active Norton account

You can lose your life savings if you remain casual even after knowing that the rate of cybercrime is increasing non-linearly. To step against it, go to Norton.com/setup and create a Norton account to purchase a licensed product. Once you install and activate software from Norton.com/setup, you will get real-time protection against emerging scamming attempts. 
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