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Hackers nowadays can easily access and steal our private information whenever they want to. They even know what kind of information is beneficial for them to target and this is why nobody’s data is invulnerable. To be more specific, Phishing emails is one of the most recognized online scams which is usually used to steal personal data. This is how identity theft and ransomware cases happen all the time around the world and such malicious method is increasing and continuing to lure innocent people into revealing their information. Here you can find the useful guideline to teach you how to protect yourself and keep away from the email phishing scam.

What is phishing email? 

This is an email designed to deceive you into clicking on a malicious hyperlink or submitting your personal data. It can also appear into different formats of contents for example: attracting you with a deal, frightening you with a threat, declaring that any of your family member needs your financial support, pretending as a website or service you trust, or any different methods that you can’t even imagine.

How to keep away from phishing attempts: 

Don’t depend only on defaulted spam filters

Most email tools provide the feature to automatically block phishing emails by detecting certain senders’ email addresses and then move them straight to the spam folder. However, this way can’t guarantee 100% to filter the content because there are always cunning criminals who can create new methods to trick the filter.

Pay attention on the email address/title

You should create a hobbit on always checking the name of senders and email address from the emails you receive. For example, if you see that Donald Trump is emailing you then you should be aware that it’s probably a click-bait email unless you do have a friend or family with the same name. However, an email can also be considered questionable if the sender’s name or address is spelled incorrectly especially a large and well-known brand. In case if you feel suspicious about the name on the email address, then just don’t open it.

Double check on the hyperlink

If the email came from an apparently trusted source but attaches a doubtful headline or hyperlink, then feel free to send a separate email to that particular entity to verify the reliability. Remember, do not reply to the original email! If by any chance you have already opened the email by the curiosity, simply do not click on any provided links nor download any attachments in this email because it can possibly contain hiding malware to infect your device system.

Any spelling errors within the email? 

Large companies who usually carefully deal with the email content in order to maintain the positive image of their brand. Therefore, if there are any spelling errors showed in the email, you might consider to doubt its authenticity.

Verify twice or triple the product being advertised

If you receive an email offering ticket giveaway for a costly trip, you should firstly google and analyze whether the offer is possible or true before you click on any links and give away your personal data. Sadly, we should tell you if it sounds too good to be true, then it’s probably a scam.

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PayPal has become a world-wide famous payment method for people to utilize in order to prevent scams and fraud. But you may wonder is PayPal secure? Here we are going to list the security features that PayPal uses to protect their users’ information.

SSL Encryption

PayPal uses SSL encryption to ensure the data between user’s browser and their servers is safe. Additionally, they even encrypt the data in transit and all the stored ones on their servers to guarantee the safety of your personal and financial information.

Email authentication process

Since PayPal is a very popular platform, it happens to be frequently used to disguise any kind of phishing attacks. This is the main reason that PayPal decided to work together with major email providers like Gmail and Yahoo to enhance its authentication process through outgoing emails. Therefore, your email provider could identify emails coming from the true PayPal domain as legitimate and then allow them to pass directly to your inbox. Otherwise, any phishing emails from fake domains will be stopped and flagged as spam as alert.

However, you should always keep vigilant all the time and carefully check on sender’s name or email address as an extra step of self-protection before opening any email or file.

2FA: Two-factor authentication

PayPal uses the system of two-factor authentication (2FA) which requires an additional step of confirmation for user to complete. You need to begin with entering your account password as normal process and then a confirmation code will be instantly sent to your mobile device for the next step authentication. Such randomly generated code would be requested at the same time when you enter the password to make the process more complicate for any intended parties to sneak into your account because you are the only person can receive the code from your personal mobile phone. Therefore, make sure to follow PayPal’s step-by-step guide to enable the 2FA feature because this feature is not on by default.

3D passcode

PayPal also uses 3D passcode as an additional security requirement for online shops to complete the orders. This process of authentication could be varied depending on the bank and card issuer, but typically requires to enter an extra password or verification code when setting up. For example: Secure Code for Mastercard, Safekey for American Express and Verified-by-Visa for Visa cardholders.

Prepaid card

If you worry about data leaking, PayPal can offer you the option of Prepaid card for their users to feel safer with online shopping in case that some websites don’t have PayPal as their payment choice. It is definitely a very useful tool to reduce the risk of online fraud and identity thefts because prepaid cards contain very few personal data.

There always are risks for all types of business and you can lose money on your own bookie business as well. Check out these possible reasons why you could lose money while running your bookie business and learn how to prevent from happening.

Unclear about what are profit and revenue

Revenue stands for the action of betting which basically is the lifeblood of your bookie business. It represents the main core of running the business but it is not the end of results. In the other hand, Profit is the end result of what’s left over when you paid out the winning bets after grading the games. We all wish the end result can be our final profit but not everything is perfect in the real life. Therefore, you should learn the true concept of these terms and calculate the business investment correctly.

Not properly use Pay Per Head management tools

If you don’t take the full advantage on using your current Pay Per Head management tools, you could face the risk of losing money. For instance: Not wisely use the layoff account, don’t monitor your players’ activities, don’t know how to change lines with the provided tools…, etc.

Forget to promote other products like Online Casino and Racebook

Not all the months can generate a great amount of income for your Sportsbook. Therefore, it’s important to promote other games such as Online Casino or Racebook to fill in the vacancy of low season. Besides, these mentioned products are instant profit generators because your players don’t need to wait until the tournament to end as normal sports betting. For example: Races only last around 2 minutes and online casino games can only last 1 minute. Then more importantly, it’s easier to turn the revenuer of these games into profit because neither of them favors players.

Not paying out / collecting on time

It’s important to always pay out and collect the money on time because the faster way you pay your players, the quicker they like to continue betting with you. Moreover, this also helps you to create the good reputation and bring more players for your business if you do it well; otherwise, you can lose the players and even lose profits.

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Nowadays the world depends a lot on the mobile devices for Internet navigation, online purchases, games entertainment and many other needs on the daily bases and online sports betting is not the exception. When we are talking about mobile devices, that means smart phones and tablets of any brands.

Our betting solution works on all the mobile devices. There is no need to download any applications but simply enter the website through the web browser that you usually use and that’s it! The wagering interface would automatically adjust by itself to give you the mobile-friendly display. Therefore, both of you and your players can easily access the website and enjoy betting!

Betting anywhere

Your players will have an easy-to-use mobile platform to access all the aspects of your website such as sportsbook, racebook, online casino, live betting and reports. Most of large sports options that you can ever think about (basketball, football, soccer, baseball, tennis…etc.) are available to play instantly from everywhere and anytime they want. As a result, your clients will be so impressed with all the complete access that your business offers and feel pleased staying betting with you. Remember satisfied clients make for a happier business.

Easily managing clients’ activities

Not only your players are beneficial from the mobile features, you as bookie can find even more favorable because how easy you are able to manage your clients. You can easily access the mobile platform to check on each player’s activities, transactions and limits whenever you need to ensure the successful operation of your business.

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