Safeguarding Task 4
This tasks requires 2 team members to complete.
This screenshot shows a twitter account for NatWest customers. Or is it?
The web address that the user Rebecca is sent to is http://natwestonlinesupport.890m.com - does this look correct? No! It has the word NatWest and support in the web address but the rest of it does not look official. Always look at the web address to see if it matches up with where you expect to go. Scammers are clever and use one additional letter (the twitter handle in the image puts an 's' at the end - @NatWest_HelpS - subtle and difficult to spot. We can use a 'WHOIS' look up website to find out who registered any web address. Click this link to find out who owns www.890m.com |
You will now:
- Use the WHOIS tool to look up several web addresses to determine whether you believe they are what they claim they are
- Review twitter profiles of 5 famous people
- Explain how you can tell whether an email you have received is a phishing email