How can I tell an email is fishy
- The entity sending you the email is fishy. Two recent ones are from “bertleen@msn” and “mudflowman60@gmail.” Obviously these are computer generated email addresses.
- The English is weird
- The company does not communicate with you that way.
- The source is unknown
- The IRS, Social Security and Banks don’t ask you for personal information.
- If a friend asks you if you have an Amazon account, it’s probably not your friend, and the thief just wants a way into your account.
What to do if you have a suspect phishing email?
- DON’T CLICK ON ANY LINKS IN THE SUSPECT EMAIL
- Delete the email without responding
- Don’t reply. Call your friend or company if you suspect an email purportedly from them.
- Move the email to your junk folder and click “BLOCK SENDER” if you can
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