Phishing and Penny Slots
April 16th, 2010
More often that not, online players worry about how safe it is what they’re doing. Playing some of the most popular online games, like penny slots and blackjack, has gotten increasingly popular and hence the amount of people trying to take advantage of any error or glitch keeps growing by the day. The more well-know online casinos make sure that all measure are taken towards creating a safe and secure gaming environment for all players. Nevertheless, these efforts are not 100% bulletproof when keeping hackers or unwanted visitors from trying to break into players’ accounts and highly putting at risk financial and confidential data.
One of the most common internet security risks that players face is called phishing. This increasingly common type of scam can lead to the theft of a player’s personal information including credit card numbers and password for all types of online sites. In online casinos it’s not uncommon to see phishing manifested through emails that look legit and ask for a customer’s personal information when in reality comes from a scammer trying to steal their personal details.
Most of the times these email communications appear to come from a valid online casino and even have an urgent tone to it that makes it even more credible. This type of manipulation has worked in the past against players that feel the need to comply with what their online casino “urgently” needs from them. Once a player clicks on the given link, they will land on a very trustworthy looking webpage where they’re asked to enter their personal data, including password and credit card information. Once this step is completed phishers will go ahead a proceed with the full identity theft scam.
Fortunately, phishing can be avoided in a very easy manner. Players need to be cautious when clicking on mysterious looking links that have appeared in a unsolicited email and always be aware never to give out there passwords or credit cards numbers to a third party that seems even in the least of ways as a threat.
