Avoid Falling for Phishing Emails
Posted: December 06, 2013
The holidays are a busy time for emails. New scams are being used on unsuspecting people every day. Learn what signs to look for when it comes to spotting a phishing email.
The holidays are a busy time for emails. New scams are being used on unsuspecting people every day. Learn what signs to look for when it comes to spotting a phishing email.
Brien Posey, contributor at TechRepublic, shares some tips on how to be on the look out for phisiing emails.
10 tips for spotting a phishing email
Phishing emails insinuate themselves into inboxes year-round, but the holidays bring out a rash of new scams. Help your users spot "fishy" emails.
Every day countless phishing emails are sent to unsuspecting victims all over the world. While some of these messages are so outlandish that they are obvious frauds, others can be a bit more convincing. So how do you tell the difference between a phishing message and a legitimate message? Unfortunately, there is no one single technique that works in every situation, but there are a number of different things that you can look for. This article lists ten.
1. The message contains a mismatched URLOne of the first things that I recommend checking in a suspicious email message is the integrity of any embedded URLs. Often times the URL in a phishing message will appear to be perfectly valid. However, if you hover your mouse over top of the URL, you will see the actual hyperlinked address (at least that’s how it works in Outlook). If the hyperlinked address is different from the address that is displayed. then the message is probably fraudulent or malicious.
Read the entire article 10 Tips for Spotting a Phishing Email on Tech Republic.