5 Ways To Make Online Banking Safer

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The email might suggest there’s a problem with your account and ask for your bank password or Social Security number. Other examples might say you won $100 million, but your account information is needed to wire the funds. If you reply, the criminal could use the information to illegally make purchases or withdraw money from your account. So bottom-line, don’t respond to emails that are too good (or bad) to be true.

Ways to protect yourself

Skip public Wi-Fi for private banking

A public network is just what its name implies, public. This means anyone can see what you are doing online unless each page you visit is encrypted and I doubt that is the case. The security of your private home network is ideal. If you have to log in while away from home, consider using your cellular data plan instead of Wi-Fi, or a virtual private network known as a VPN. Regardless of how you go online, check for web page encryption by making sure the address on the browser starts with “HTTPS.” The “s” signals that the page is secure.