The Scam-Block-Plus browser extension provides a free layer of protection from online phishing scams.
Privacy
Scam-Block-Plus will never collect your private data.
On the contrary - our main purpose is to protect your
privacy, by preventing untrusted websites from stealing
your personal data (using phishing technics).
Be protected from Phishing Scams like the massive Google Docs Phishing Scam
According to Cnet
the Google Docs phishing scam relied on OAuth exploitation. With OAuth exploits, as in the case of the Google Docs scam,
accounts can be hijacked without the user typing in anything. In the Google Docs scheme,
the attacker created a fake version of Google Docs and asked for permission to read, write and access
the victim's emails. Google quickly shut down the attack, which affected about 0.1 percent of Gmail's users
(at least 1 million people being compromised).
Scam-Block-Plus blocks these kind of phishing scams.
While browsing the fake website you are signed-out from Gmail and you can't sign-in.
Thus the fake website can't get your permission to access your Gmail.
If sign-in dialog will be displayed you will not be able to fill in your details.
How Scam-Block-Plus works
Online scams spread by abusing the share mechanisms
of popular social networks and/or by sending e-mails.
Malicious scam posts and comments try to tempt you to click on a link that brings
you to a scam website.
ScamBlockPlus protects you when this happens.
When ScamBlockPlus is enabled in your browser and you click on a link
while visiting one of the following websites:
a tab is opened in which the destination website is displayed.
If the opened website is not listed in the global trust-list and thus is an "untrusted website"
then the tab is actively protected by ScamBlockPlus.
Notice that the black scam-block-plus incognito-icon replaces the red scam-block-plus shield-icon.
This informs you that ScamBlockPlus prevents the website from doing things that could compromise your security.
Business Email Compromise (BEC) phishing scams
According to FBI
Since January 2015, there has been a 1,300% increase in identified exposed losses, now totaling over $3 billion.
BEC phishing scams usually begins with the scammers either phishing the CEO and gaining access to his/her inbox,
or with emailing
the company's accountant from a look-alike domain name (that is one or two letters off from
the target company's domain name)
and convincing the accountant that the email is arriving from the CEO.
The accountant is instructed to urgently wire a large amount
of money to a specified bank-account.
Look-alike domains can be formed by replacing a single character with a similar one,
for example: 'i' is replaced by '1'.
ScamBlockPlus marks emails arriving from the CEO or CFO with green color.
Thus, the accountant can't be fooled to think that a fraud mail has arrived from the CEO or CFO.
You can manage the list of trusted emails in the form opened when clicking on the ScamBlockPlus icon:
Chrome Incognito-windows versus ScamBlockPlus incognito-tabs
Incognito windows enable Chrome users to browse the internet anonymously.
However a user must sign into his/her gmail account to read mails and
must sign into his/her facebook/twitter account to read posts/tweets.
Thus when a user clicks on a link in an email or on a post or on a comment
following a post he/she is no longer incognito and is exposed to phishing scams.
ScamBlockPlus protects Chrome users in this common scenario.
More:
Chrome Incognito and ScamBlockPlus Incognito Compared.
Features
Hiding cookies:
You appear to be logged-out everywhere, including: Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, ...
Thus the untrusted website can't share, like, or tweet on your behalf.
Blocking text input:
This blocks scams that trick you into logging-in or into typing and exposing your personal data.
Blocking downloads:
You can trust a website:
Scam-Block-Plus protection will be turned off for this website.
At any time you can untrust a website previously trusted by you.
Please be sure not to trust a website unless you are absolutely sure
that the website is legit and not a scam !!!
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