Emails around the world - need backup, NOW.

SINGAPORE, July 26, 2012 (Press-News.org) Email is an invaluable communication mechanism to reach friends, families, business partners, clients, employees and customers. This new technology has changed message delivery in such a way that we now just need seconds to send and receive messages as compared to days or weeks when using traditional post.

New technologies bring not only advantages but disadvantages as well. With emails, once access is compromised, your data, email attachment, privacy and even your business will be in danger. This can happen when a hacker is able to crack your password or if you yourself forget your own password.

Most people ignore email back up because they say, "I only have 1 personal Gmail account in which I have nothing important enough to back up. I wouldn't think twice if I lose all my data."

"I don't think my account has ever been hacked either. I check it everyday and there aren't any unauthorized sent mail"

"I never delete my inbox, outbox or trash - its unlimited email storage. So even if I accidentally deleted something, i can always recover it.

"Am quite sure that Gmail is secure enough to make sure my information is safe."

Such statements seem ignorant if you look at the appalling statistics. According to Comm Touch, a research report on the "State of Hacked Accounts" reveals alarming statistics on the usual free accounts that most users gravitate to such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and even Facebook. One website is hacked every 5 seconds and a whopping 540 million email accounts are targeted by hackers each year which means that every 1 in 5 email user is affected. At least 62% of all email users are unaware of the risk associated with their accounts and when these accounts are compromised. Less than 33% of users are not even aware when their accounts are hacked where over half of them rely on someone else to point out suspicious activity.

Compromised accounts will be used for many variations of two fraudulent purposes, Spam and Scam. As hacked accounts have "clean" IP address, the majority of them will be used to send unwarranted spam emails or fake links to malware/spyware/virus infested sites. Also, close friends on the contact list treasure personal emails, hackers send out "Friend stuck overseas" emails to exploit this trust for cash. Trusted sites with financial transactions can be diverted to phony sources. To many receiving such email or links, these may be laughable attempts at a con, but enough people get deceived for these spam and scams to continue.

Finally, to clear all traces of their activities, first, hackers alter all personal details so the real owners cannot claim ownership. Second, all data, emails and contacts will be deleted. Webmasters will help suspend the account but they will take at least 2 weeks to return it to the legitimate owner and there is no way to restore the data lost.

It may be troublesome but to protect your emails, account details and privacy, you should reconsider. Simply put, backup email at http://www.dropmyemail.com is the easiest way for a peace of mind for your online interactions.

There are many different ways to make sure email communication is secure. Do see the infographic attached here to give a sense of the scale of how much jeopardy their online communications are: http://bit.ly/MDAOvD

Also, the infograph also shows a few steps to keep your emails safe.

Dropmyemail provides a simple service to back up emails and be able to migrate emails from one provider to another. It's a free and simple two-click signup process to get you going. Add the mail accounts to back emails or migrate emails and you are safe. For more information, please visit http://www.dropmyemail.com