If you get an e-mail from a government agency or a company you do business with asking you to confirm or verify personal financial information, it is always save to do so.

True/False

False

Explanation:

There are a lot of cases of corruption and Phishing so before you send any sensitive data or open/download anything check the reliability of the source:

Corruption: There are cases when the email you are receiving is of the government/company, but the person that is asking for the information has bad intentions (is corrupted) so before responding the email you need to check that this person has the necessary authority to have this kind of information Phishing: Phishing is an illegal method to obtain sensitive information by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic email, in hacking this method is called social engineering. To avoid this common threat you should always verify the reliability of the source