The word "spam" is well known to any user who has an email account or a profile on a social network. Let's clarify what spam is and what its danger is, so that you don't have to worry about lost money and files later.
It is interesting that this word is often used incorrectly by users, for example, when communicating, words that are not related to the topic of communication can be called spam by an illiterate interlocutor. In fact, only personal messages of an advertising nature can be called spam. It is precisely such letters that can come by e-mail, through social networks or instant messaging programs (such as ICQ), unsolicited, with advertising of services, goods, sites, and can be called spam.
Of course, modern users are only annoyed by such ads, but they continue to be used to promote products. Spam is also used to discredit a competitor and create a negative impression on potential customers.
Spam is actively used by fraudsters, which is why any user should be wary of receiving an unsolicited and unexpected letter. Even if at first glance an unexpected letter looks decent, one must remember that through spam, scammers can lure money under a more or less convincing pretext, as well as personal information (for example, passwords and logins from payment systems, "personal accounts" of various services, etc.).). Also, with the help of such letters, viruses are sent, from more or less safe jokes to serious ones that can steal files important for the user or irreparably damage them.
What to do to avoid losing important information or money?
1. Use an antivirus program, but remember that antivirus is not a panacea, that is, do not launch programs and do not open files if they are sent by an unknown person or a letter from friends looks suspicious.
2. Do not follow links from letters. In your personal account to receive information about payments and to make them, go only to the link given to you during registration.
3. Do not reply to suspicious letters otherwise, in the best case, the amount of spam will increase tenfold.
4. Create a separate electronic mailbox for communication on the Internet (registration on forums, online stores) and a separate one for important payment information (receiving a message from a bank, receiving government services, etc.).
