What to look for in a phishing email?
Although phishing scams are getting more and more sophisticated, there are often telltale signs indicating an email is fraudulent. • Email phishing scams are often pushed out to victims in the form of a mass mailing. In the interest of time, phishers forgo personalizing emails and often use a generic form for addressing the victim – “Dear Bank Customer” • Although the email and embedded link may look remarkably like the brand advertised by recognized, legitimate organizations, there are often discrete incidents of misspelling. Victims will often respond based on recognition of Brand, Icons, Typeface etc. before they read the fine print – such as a link to www.yourtrstedbank.com (instead of www.yourtrustedbank.com) • No legitimate organization should ask you to send non-public personal information (NPI) to them based on a single email request. If you are in doubt you should call the requesting organization directly and speak to a representative. Even then, use caution as phishers can al
