Security Tips For Online Financial Transactions On Poker Sites

1. Security Tips For Online Financial Transactions On Poker Sites

2. Overview Before making a financial transaction on Indian poker sites, you must know the safety precautions you must take in order to save yourself from cyber attacks and identity thieves. The decision of which site to entrust your personal and financial information is a difficult one. Here are some useful tips you must take care of to stay safe while making financial transactions online on a Poker website.

3. Site Security Check if the website connection is secure by finding the ‘lock’ sign in the address bar on the upper left side of the page. The ‘https:’ indicates that the information the user provides to the site such as debit or credit card number, expiry date, CVV number, etc will be encrypted and therefore cannot be accessed or altered by unauthorized parties.

4. Strong Password The password of your online account should be long enough (at least 12 to 14 characters). Use numbers, upper and lower case letters, and symbols to create the password. It should have no ties to your personal details such as name, date of birth, address, spouse name, etc. Don’t use the same password across your gaming, banking, shopping, or email accounts. If someone hacks into your one account, your other accounts will be also exposed to the risk of being hacked as well. Always change the passwords regularly to reduce the risk of identity theft.

5. Identify Smishing and Phishing Smishing is when hackers try to steal your information through SMS. The message, that may seem like coming from the gaming site or bank, requests you to click on the given link to verify your account. When you click, a malware automatically installs itself on your device and starts sending the stored sensitive financial information to hackers. Phishing is sending emails to make the user download a virus-laden attachment or click on the link to a fake site. If you provide any financial information to this site, it will reach the cybercriminals. Never ever share the sensitive details of your account with anyone. If you receive any fishy-looking SMS or email asking you to provide your financial information, don’t click on it. Delete it straight away and contact the website.

6. Deposit Methods To play poker game online, you must purchase virtual chips with real money. The website must accept payments from all major deposit methods such as Debit card, Credit Card, Net Banking, Online Wallet, Pay By UPI, etc. Check all the benefits the site offers for using the payment gateways. As online transactions are based on transferring sensitive financial information (username, password, debit card or credit card details, etc) between payment portals, the gaming site must be equipped with multilevel security protocols to ensure the privacy of user’s details and provide a transparent and convenient environment to make smooth money transactions.

7. References • https://www.adda52.com/blog/tips-on-online-poker-security • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_banking • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_transaction

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