Tomorrow is Father’s Day which for many people is an opportunity to show our fathers how much we love and appreciate them, for scam artists, it is yet another opportunity to scam people.
One of the most common Father’s Day scams involves e-cards which are great, particularly for those of us who forget to send a Father’s Day card until the last minute.  Identity thieves send emails purporting to contain a link to an electronic Father’s Day card, but instead send malware that becomes downloaded when the victim clicks on the link. This keystroke logging malware enables an identity thief to steal personal information from the victim’s computer that can be used for purposes of identity theft.
TIPS
Never click on a link to open an e card unless the e card specifically indicates who sent the card. Phony e cards will not indicate the name of the sender.  Even if the sender is someone you recognize, you should independently confirm with that person that they indeed sent you an e card before clicking on the link.