How do I protect myself from phishing emails, spam and other scams?

Don’t:

• Give out your username or password to anyone.
• Click on links that ask you to give account details. 
• Reply to any email you suspect is a scam or phishing attempt.

Do:

• Follow the guidance on how to protect yourself from viruses.
• Ignore any emails that offer financial gain by transferring funds.
• Ignore emails that appear suspicious or contain spelling and grammatical mistakes.
• Read the claims made by the email carefully - if they seem too good to be true, they often are!
• Ask if in any doubt - if an email seems to be from your bank or another familiar company it’s safer to contact them to confirm they sent the email, before submitting any details.
• Type in a website address manually, rather than clicking links contained in an email.
• Delete the email.
• Protect your password.