Phishing Fraud

Phishing is where criminals attempt to access your confidential information.This is done either by an email request for your personal information or by luring you to a fake website.It is easy for fraudsters to make their messages look real and credible and sometimes hard for investors to tell the difference between fact and fiction.

1. Hi-Fi Corp will never request you to update logon details or upgrade services via links or attachment’s in an email.
2. Never enter your personal information such as email address, phone number, address on a non-secure website or webpage.

Tips to avoid phishing:

Never access the any site via a link. Rather type the address into a browser address bar.Always check that you are on a secure website (watch out for “https” in the Internet Address bar at the top of your internet browser)Never open attachments on emails claiming to come from your bank or retailer – they could contain spyware that could track your keystrokes and gather your personal information 

• Names of Real Companies — Rather than create from scratch a phony company, the fraudster might use a legitimate company’s name and incorporate the look and feel of its website (including the colour scheme and graphics) into the phishy email.
• URLs that “Look Right” — The email might include a convenient link to a seemingly legitimate website where you can enter the information the fraudster wants to steal. But in reality the website will be a quickly cobbled copy-cat — a “spoofed” website that looks for all the world like the real thing. In some cases, the link might lead to select pages of a legitimate website — such as the real company’s actual privacy policy or legal disclaimer.