{"id":2722,"date":"2017-06-09T10:39:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T10:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2019-08-20T06:24:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T06:24:52","slug":"stay-safe-lottery-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/stay-safe-lottery-scams","title":{"rendered":"How to Stay Safe from Email and Social Media Lottery Scams?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An email message arrived into your inbox with the subject – \u201cYou have won 5 Million in Lottery\u201d or \u201cYou can win 5 Million in just 5 seconds\u201d. These subject lines are so intriguing that one immediately opens the email message to grab the money as soon as possible. But wait, many of us are unaware of the fact that these messages are nothing but online scams. <\/span><\/p>\n

Not just emails, the advent of social media has opened new doors for attackers to trap their target using one way or the other. For instance, attackers impersonate as someone genuine to befriend individuals with open friend lists and expand their network by sending friend requests to their friends. This way they build a genuine profile and execute their attack. <\/span><\/p>\n

Messages of lottery scams generally ask for some sort of advance money along with the target\u2019s bank account and identity details so as to transfer the money won by him\/her. But what do they do with such data? Well, this data is further used for stealing accounts by using different attack methods, such as Brute Force Attack. <\/span><\/p>\n

How Not to Become a Target of Brute Force Attack?<\/b><\/p>\n