

Since words and characters are easier for us to remember, legitimate website owners will use a web address to direct users to their websites (e.g., etc.)

To put it simply, an IP address is a string of numbers (such as 192.168.1.1) that the internet uses to translate the human-readable website addresses we use into computer language. You will never be asked by RBC or any other Financial Institution to conduct transactions or enter banking information on websites hosted on IP Addresses. One easy method of identifying a phishing scam is by paying attention to the website address (URLs) that the Banking site is hosted on and checking if it is an IP Address. However, many of these attacks often have commonalities that we can use to easily identify scams.

With rapidly evolving technology, events, and social trends, scammers continue to develop creative methods of luring victims into phishing attacks. Pay Attention to the Website Address (URL) in the Address Bar When Entering Banking Information
