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ConsumerAffairs: Phishing Attempts are Growing Like Wildfire and Becoming Harder to Detect

John Wilson spoke to ConsumerAffairs about today’s phishing scam scene and provided tips to recognize legitimate emails from phishing attempts. 

Originally published in ConsumerAffairs

Excerpt:  

"Depending on how you read your email, you might have to touch or hover over the sender's name in order to see the full email address. Does the part to the right of the "@" sign look right? Was the message sent to you, and only to you? Check the "To" line -- a legitimate communication from a company should only have your email address there. 

Another thing to look for in an email address are "look alikes" – instances where a brand’s name is misspelled or abbreviated or has strange characters in the sender’s email address."

For more tips, read the full article here.

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