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How Banks Are Losing Millions from Phishing (Infographic)

See just how much phishing damages a bank and how much these crimes are causing them.

…With all the recent changes in the banking and credit card industries, you’re bound to get more than a few e-mails or letters from your bank or credit card company.
But, wait. Was that last e-mail really from your bank?
It might have been, but there’s a pretty good chance it might not have been. Phishing is a pretty common practice for those trying to steal your identity. All they need is you username and password, and off they go, taking all your private financial information with them. Phishing is serious and you’ve probably been targeted whether you realize it or not.
Check out some pretty surprising phishing stats below:

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How to Avoid Phishing Scams
Your Bank Won’t Ask For you Login Details
If you get an e-mail asking you to confirm something, be wary. Call your bank’s customer service line to make sure what you got is real.
Don’t click on Strange Links or Open Attachments
If you don’t know what it is, don’t touch it. That link may be dangerous and that attachment…

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How Banks Are Losing Millions from Phishing (Infographic)

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NoA: The Broken Window Effect and Petty Assault

Viewing Harry Brown through the lens of the broken windows theory, the dangers of unreported crimes and unenforced laws becomes apparent.

…Playing the titular role of Harry Brown, Michael Caine plays a retiree living in a crime-plagued council estate in Southern London. By day he visits his comatose wife in the hospital and enjoys the occasional drink at the local tavern. By night he hides out from the brazen and fearless criminals who inhabit his neighbourhood.

The law has given them nothing to fear. Continually insisting that crime is decreasing in their neighbourhood, they are able to perpetrate petty assaults on the weak and defenseless at will, and often commit more violent assaults uninhibited by police.

Finally, when his friend Leonard Attwell (David Bradley) is killed, Brown decides to fight back.

Leonard has been mercilessly harrassed by a pack of gang-affiliated youths on the subway until one night he can’t take it any longer. With police declining to help him, he takes a bayonette with him to defend himself. Instead, he’s stabbed to death.

Brown, having lost his last friend in the world — having previously lost his comatose wife…

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NoA: The Broken Window Effect and Petty Assault

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