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How to spot (and avoid) fraudulent phishing emails

Posted on May 30, 2023

It seems that fraudsters are all over the Internet these days, and many of them spam us with messages that turn up in our email inboxes on a daily basis.

And they’re pretty good at producing some rather legitimate-looking, and fairly convincing messages too.

If you’ve been using the Internet for any length of time, you’ve no doubt seen a bunch of them.

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How to quickly identify scam emails

Posted on July 11, 2022

As you probably know, scammers and hackers have been using fraudulent emails to practice their illicit trade ever since the invention of email itself.

Unfortunately, government regulations and cyber-security measures have done little to prevent malicious emails from making their way into our inboxes.

Even worse, many scammers and hackers are now very good at creating fake emails that are difficult to distinguish from the real emails we receive from banks, PayPal and other online services on a daily basis.

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Scam alert: Beware this dangerous ‘Windows Defender’ scam

Posted on May 21, 2022

Well, another dangerous recurring scam is making the rounds again.

It’s being spread via both email and SMS test messages, and unfortunately lots of innocent people are falling for it.

As usual, there are several variations of this scam, but luckily they’re all very easy to detect and avoid once you know what to look for.

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