Ppt 5 Simple Ways To Spot A Phishing Email Powerpoint Presentation This blog uses five real life examples to demonstrate the common signs that someone is trying to scam you. 1. the message is sent from a public email domain. no legitimate organisation will send emails from an address that ends ‘@gmail ’. not even google. For instance, name of legit domain dot actual dangerous domain dot com: legitexamplecorp .maliciousdomain . to an average user, simply seeing the legitimate business name anywhere in the url.
Infographic How To Spot A Phishing Email Aldridge Regularly back up your data. routinely backing up your data is a good way to increase your peace of mind and help protect against the damage of phishing attacks. that way, if something goes wrong with your device, you’ll know that you’ll still have access to all your important files and data. 15. block pop ups. 2. uses a different domain. phishing scams often attempt to impersonate legitimate companies. make sure the email is sent from a verified domain by checking the ‘sent’ field. for example, a message from amazon will come from @amazon . it won’t come from @clients.amazon.org, like this phishing example: source – lts.lehigh.edu. For me, the clue was in the email domain. more on that below. 3. legit companies have domain emails. a tell tale sign of scammers is the email address they’re sending the email from. don’t just check the name of the person sending you the email. check their email address by hovering your mouse over the ‘from’ address. The information you give helps fight scammers. if you got a phishing email, forward it to the anti phishing working group at [email protected]. (link sends email) . if you got a phishing text message, forward it to spam (7726). report the phishing attempt to the ftc at reportfraud.ftc.gov.
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