--- title: "Don't fall for phishers' proposing emails this Valentine's!" description: "Stay safe against cyber theft, this Valentine's!" author: "Saddiya Anwar" published: 2021-02-11 updated: 2021-02-11 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/360/don-t-fall-for-phishers-proposing-emails-this-valentine-s category: "technology" tags: ["technology", "cybersecurity", "technology news", "tech", "cybercrime"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Don't fall for phishers' proposing emails this Valentine's! It's good to celebrate **valentine's week** but be aware of **phishing** and **ditching**! ![Don](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/595722/38761b5f-192c-4876-9279-007e3d7ee51d/images/43fc1cff-5335-4473-92e1-439cf99cbc48.jpeg)\ This Valentine's Day might fall you into heart theft but you need to stay alert against **cyber theft** as this is a high time when cybercrime [takes place](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81718/pranab-mukherjee-death-how-last-rites-of-former-president-of-india-takes-place) with help of **phishing [email campaigns](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/105596/how-to-run-successful-email-campaigns)**. There’s been a surge in malicious [phishing email](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97258/what-is-a-phishing-email) campaigns in the [second half](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50143/what-challanges-did-the-us-face-in-the-second-half-of-the-19th-century) of January in the build-up to Valentine’s Day, according to **Check Point Research**. The [cybersecurity](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126351/why-cybersecurity-is-important-for-your-business) cell stated that over 400 malicious Valentine's Day themed individual **scam emails** are suspected every week. It was recorded a 29 per cent year on year increase in Valentine's Day themed domains registration in January, and out of the 23,000 domains, 523 fell in the suspicious category. ![Don](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/595722/38761b5f-192c-4876-9279-007e3d7ee51d/images/587087d4-ee26-4e45-b69b-8acf9b895842.png)\ Some **Clickbait campaigns** trick users with [**scam**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/353/no-more-tittle-tattle-about-coronavirus-vaccines-on-facebook) shopping websites inclusive of fake information about gifts vouchers for their loved ones. Cybercrime waits for such opportunities to trap users through phishing emails offering gifts at an unreasonably lesser price. Check Point warns here that such campaigns can let you face unhealthy results such as data loss, fraudulent money transfers, etc. ![Don](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/595722/38761b5f-192c-4876-9279-007e3d7ee51d/images/70c4a69f-2351-4b49-ae18-8d437e85f918.png)\ #### How to stay safe against these trials? - To stay away from Clickbait never click on random promotional links sent via emails. Always search for an official link from Google results page. - Keep a strong username and passwords. - To reset password never believe on the unsolicited [password reset](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160825/why-am-i-not-receiving-the-password-reset-email-in-mindstick-training) email at once. [Must visit](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84709/famous-shiva-temples-in-india-you-must-visit) its [official website](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94737/i-want-to-learn-android-studio-is-it-better-to-learn-from-its-official-website-or-should-i-learn-from-somewhere-else) and then change your password. - Don't fall prey to **special offers** always. Check Point notes that an 80 per cent discount on an iPhone or an item of jewellery is “usually not a reliable or trustworthy purchase opportunity.” - Be careful against lookalike domains, spelling errors in emails or websites, and unfamiliar email senders. **Read More:** [**Being suspicious of your network to handle video streams, try this!**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/348/being-suspicious-of-your-network-to-handle-video-streams-try-this) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/360/don-t-fall-for-phishers-proposing-emails-this-valentine-s Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.