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Was this a Phishing Email scam?
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<blockquote data-quote="Atlas147" data-source="post: 767442" data-attributes="member: 25728"><p>As you've said, inspecting the link that the email wants you to click is the most effective way, most phishing mail would have very obvious links that would let you know it's junk right away.</p><p></p><p>Another way is to check the sender email, although it can be spoofed, most phishing mail just lazily use a random .ru mail which gives it away immediately.</p><p></p><p>Certain phishing mail are crafted poorly and contain a ton of spelling mistakes, which could be another way to check if the mail is legit.</p><p></p><p>If everything checks out, only then would I click on the link provided by the email. If I'm still in doubt, or I know that it's a phishing mail but I want to explore the link further (for fun) then I'll activate my VPN and use sandboxie + tor and then visit the link.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atlas147, post: 767442, member: 25728"] As you've said, inspecting the link that the email wants you to click is the most effective way, most phishing mail would have very obvious links that would let you know it's junk right away. Another way is to check the sender email, although it can be spoofed, most phishing mail just lazily use a random .ru mail which gives it away immediately. Certain phishing mail are crafted poorly and contain a ton of spelling mistakes, which could be another way to check if the mail is legit. If everything checks out, only then would I click on the link provided by the email. If I'm still in doubt, or I know that it's a phishing mail but I want to explore the link further (for fun) then I'll activate my VPN and use sandboxie + tor and then visit the link. [/QUOTE]
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