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Phishing
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- 1What is a phishing email?A phishing email is one that tricks you into handing over sensitive or personal information (login details, bank details, etc.)
- 2What makes a phishing email successful?the criminals must get you to click on a link in the email to go to a website
- 3What are the 3 main things to look out for?Poor spelling and grammar
Greeting: The phishers don’t know your name – just your email address, so the greeting is not personalized
Sense of urgency: Criminals try to persuade you that something bad will happen if you don’t act fast
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- Flashcards on Phishing , created by Finn Muir-Cochrane on 01/12/2016.
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- Finn Muir-Cochrane
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