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Top 5 Tips That Will Help You Identify Phishing Emails

Phishing is probably one of the most dangerous and longstanding methods of cybercrime. In a phishing attack, hackers send out camouflaged emails that are designed to look like legitimate emails from a reputable business, government agencies or even banks. The purpose of such emails is to extract sensitive information from the victims such as account details, card numbers, passwords, and usernames and use them for their own financial gains. Computermaintenance services recommend that you add an extra layer of protection on your laptops and computers by installing anti-phishing software and turn on automatic updates, this way the software will be able to curb even the most advanced threats. In this article, I will share some tips that will help you distinguish between authentic and fake emails. These Emails Are Sent From Public Domains No reputable or legitimate firm will send you an email address that ends with ‘@outlook.com’. Not even Microsoft. Every organisation in the wor...