Sending an electronic card or e-card for Valentine’s Day, is not only cost-effective, but very popular and easy. However the Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and northern Illinois (BBB) urges consumers to use caution when opening e-cards this Valentine’s Day.
People are expected to send millions of electronic Valentine’s Day cards this year. If you unexpectedly receive an e-card, be careful. Instead of carrying words of love, it might contain a computer virus.
The BBB asks to remember the following if you receive an e-card this Valentines:
• Unexpected e-cards are often the culprits that spread computer viruses.
• Suspicious emails often direct the recipient to click on a link to retrieve an e-card.
• Once the user clicks on the link, a virus is downloaded to the computer and it becomes infected.
• Those sending these types of malicious e-mails are using the names of some of the most popular electronic greeting card companies in their messages and Web links.
• Be cautious and not click on links you find in e-mails. Instead, go directly to a Web site by typing its address into a Web browser and go there on your own, bypassing links that could be malicious.
For more trustworthy information on shopping with companies you can trust go to www.bbb.org
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