{"id":7708,"date":"2021-08-10T07:36:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T21:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=7708"},"modified":"2021-08-18T23:11:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T13:11:40","slug":"how-to-spot-a-fake-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/how-to-spot-a-fake-email\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Spot A Fake Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you spot a fake scam email?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-7709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/recent-email-scam-300x174.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/recent-email-scam-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/recent-email-scam-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/recent-email-scam-768x446.png 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/recent-email-scam-1024x595.png 1024w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/recent-email-scam-95x55.png 95w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/recent-email-scam-1536x892.png 1536w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/recent-email-scam.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>Cybercriminals still use email to launch their attacks on individuals and businesses by posing as someone you know or a company you are familiar with&#8230;and while at first glance these messages may look convincing&#8230;the devil is in the detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some of the warning signs include&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The senders email address doesn\u2019t match one you\u2019re familiar with<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The subject heading has been left blank<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poor grammar and\/or spelling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urgent requests for personal information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And requests to visit a website using a link with an unusual looking address.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s worth visiting the Australian Government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scamwatch.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ScamWatch.gov.au<\/a> website to stay across the latest scams.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you spot a fake scam email? 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Some of the warning signs include&#8230; The senders email address doesn\u2019t match one<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/how-to-spot-a-fake-email\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[825],"tags":[474,2119,1367,2118],"class_list":["post-7708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-2","tag-cybercrime","tag-fake-email","tag-online-safety","tag-scam-email"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Spot A Fake Email - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/how-to-spot-a-fake-email\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Spot A Fake Email - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How do you spot a fake scam email? 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