Thursday, July 19, 2007

Phishing Quiz - How Good Are You At Spotting A Scam?

I had talked to a client this week about phishing scams in their inbox, and meant to do a post to remind everyone to NEVER, EVER click on a link in an email when asking for you to login to verify account details, update your account info or because your account has been restricted or suspended.

Always leave the email, open up your browser, go to the company's website and login if you have any concerns. Think I'm being paranoid?

Consider this, why would scammers go to all the trouble to mock-up fake emails/website if it wasn't lucrative to them? These people are lazy, no good scum who want to make money without working.

Here's a place to test your phishing detection skills. Don't worry that you are familiar with the sites, if you're good, you'll spot the fakes!

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