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Once they get your personal details, they go for the short term gains by raiding your bank account and "maxing out" your credit cards. They can also take out loans in your name. You probably won't know about it until the loan company's start chasing the overdue payments.
Legitimate companies will not ask for personal information by email. Don't let the style of the email mislead you, it's very easy to copy bank headers. Don't use any links from these emails as they can make links look as if they're going to one place, but they're being redirected to another.
If you get an email with an attachment and you don't recognize the sender, don't open it, delete it. Attachments to emails can transfer a virus; it's often launched when you open the attachment (usually by double- clicking the attachment icon).
Malware - software designed to infiltrate or damage computer systems. Malware commonly includes computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware and adware.
Viruses - a computer virus behaves in a similar way to a biological virus, which spreads by inserting itself into living cells. The negative effect of computer viruses includes uncontrolled self-reproduction, which can overwhelm your computer. They can erase files and corrupt the operating system. They can arrive on a floppy disk, from a download, or an attachment to an e-mail.
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