While you were scoring major deals online throughout Cyber Monday, scammers were busy working to get their hands on your information.
Experts say one of the biggest online scams during the holiday season are phishing scams. FOX 47's Marcus Dash tells us what phishing is and how you can protect yourself.
Phishing is a way individuals mimic big time retailers by creating fake websites, sending emails to you, and trying to get all of your information.
MSU professor Thomas Holt says, opening these emails and attachments can lead to malware being installed on your computer as a means for them to get information off of your computer.
Holt stresses for people to carefully read where the emails are coming from and read the URL these emails are leading you.
These scams can be stopped and it all starts with you taking the time to read through your email.
