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continued the following are some ways you can detect a phishing email sent to you.
Too good to be true offers
If the mail contains an offer that is too good to be true, likely saying “you just received 15000BTC, click the link below to claim or you just won and iphone 14 promax to claim click here”. When you fully know you did not apply to any airdrop or draw, do not click the link it is a phishing mail! They use offers like this to trap their victims, playing on human greed and excitement, because who doesn’t want juicy offers?
Spelling Error
Watch out for spelling errors, most likely, a phishing mail would contain typographical errors as it is might be done by amateurs or a non-English speaker.
Generic Greetings
A phishing mail would most times include greetings like “hey there” no specific as to your name. Be wary of such mails and do not click on any link or download any attachment from that mail.
Sense of Urgency
If a mail contains details that spark a sense of rush and urgency in you to do something in haste, it is most likely a phishing mail. It can say “your phone has been infected with a virus, click here to download antivirus” or “your bank has been blocked, click to unblock”.
The Email Handle
Most of this phishing emails are designed to impersonate a well known company or person you know for example someone could design a phishing mail to impersonate google or your friend, but the email address would not be the right one and contain slight differences in the form of spelling, or additional characters.
Example- you receive a mail from someone you know regularly from the address “janedoe@gmail.com”.
A phishing mail that wants to impersonate janedoe will likely be “Janedoe.@gmail.com”. And if you don’t observe the address properly, you might think whatever link embedded in the mail is legit and from a trusted source.
Always examine every mail you receive, and do not click on any link or download any image or pdf file from a mail you do not trust the sender.