You may have gotten quite a few in your inbox and might not have been aware of it.
What are the signs to look out for when it comes to a phishing scam?
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What is Phishing Email?
A phishing email is sent by someone claiming to be an official business (your bank for example).
This site is fake.
Any information you pop in will be stolen and used against you.
A phishing email will always follow a pattern.
What a Phishing Email Looks Like
Identifying a Phishing Email is not too difficult.
You just have to know what to look for, and the phishing Emails usually follow the same pattern.
For example, a phishing email will have a link to a malicious site, as I mentioned before.
The Email service you use should block this punch in of file extensions.
TXT, docx, xlsx, and xlsx are types of document extensions that are always safe to open.
The phishing email will also sound too good to be true.
It could inform you that youve won a computer or maybe even a smartphone.
That all you should probably do to claim your prize is to give personal information to confirm your identity.
Dont forget to look at who is the sender of the Email.
For example, Bank of America wont send you an Email ending in gmail.com.
What is a Scam Email?
You could be asked for financial data, social security number and other very identity information.
When you place the cursor over this link, the real link wont match the one in the Email.
Now, youll be prepared to protect your valuable information.
Have you received a scam or phishing Email recently?
