Beware Of Cyber Crimes!!

Cyber criminals exploit ‘basic instincts' of trust, fear, greed, lust and love to work their scams through spam, according to a study sponsored by antivirus developer McAfee. The study titled ‘Mind Games,' authored by two forensic psychologists, says that most scams succeed through the use of ‘familiarity and legitimacy'. For instance, cyber crooks use the names of trusted banks to ‘phish' for personal data. Nowadays, they also booby trap trusted websites such as You Tube. The other tactic to exploit fear, through slick and polished mails such as ‘urgent security notification' or ‘update your account records'.