Hi, this is Paul with My PC Heroes with your 60 second Shield Protection tip!

Email Phishing is still a very popular scam. You receive an email that appears to be legitimate that tries to get you to click on a link contained in the email.

Many popular Phishing themes are:

• Verify your account information
• Verify your order
• There is an issue with your purchase
• There is an issue with your return

Here’s an example of a Phishing email I recently received – This one pretends to verify my Chase account

There are three red flags:

1. I don’t have a Chase Account. But if I did I may be inclined to investigate
2. The second is the source email. Chase emails logically have chase.com in the address
3. Third is the verification link. Notice when we hover over the link, the true web address does not contain chase.com anywhere

Taking just a few moments before clicking on a link in an email like this will keep us protected

If you have a question or comment, please leave it below.

This is Paul with My PC Heroes with your 60 second Shield Protection tip!

 

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