With the continuous development of foreign trade, fraudsters have emerged using email to commit fraud, causing unnecessary losses to foreign traders. So how to prevent foreign trade email fraud? This will be introduced in detail below.
1. In foreign trade transactions, if the payer receives an email about changes to the collection account, he must confirm it by phone, fax, etc. The payee can generally add a reminder clause in the contract to remind the customer if Any changes to the account will be notified in writing instead of just sending an email notification. This can avoid risks.
2. Foreign trade sellers need to be more vigilant. They cannot always communicate with customers by email. They can communicate by phone, which can greatly reduce the risk of email fraud. At the same time, they need to use a paid email address, which can improve the email system. security.
3. The main reason why foreign trade email fraud occurs is that the security factor of email is too low. Therefore, foreign traders need to choose an email with a high security factor to ensure the safety of transactions. Email is one of the main tools for foreign trade transactions. Foreign traders need to change their passwords regularly and take corresponding measures to minimize risks.
With the emergence of “high imitation mail”, foreign traders can distinguish between genuine and fake in the following ways:
1. After receiving the mail, foreign traders can choose to check the details of the mail. Check whether the mail contains If you search several IP addresses, the area corresponding to the address will appear, and you can identify the authenticity of the mailbox.
2. If the seller’s website has a counter and can check the IP record, then the foreign trader can check whether the IP has been browsed. At the same time, foreign traders can also click on the platform link to enter or enter the URL. If the URL is entered directly, it needs to be paid great attention to.
3. Foreign traders can also analyze the content of the inquiry and analyze in detail whether the content of the inquiry is valuable. If the target is unclear and the foreign trade products are not understood, attention needs to be paid to avoid losses.
In summary, foreign trade email fraud is a dangerous cybercrime that generally brings serious losses and impacts to foreign trade companies. Therefore, foreign trade people and companies need to strengthen their awareness of network security and improve their email and data security to avoid attacks and fraud.