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How To Vet Both Links And Emails
Ordinarily when you receive a link, you can hover your cursor over the link and a
tool-tip will display with the target URL. This allows you to be certain that the link
you're clicking is really sending you to that location.
When it comes to e-mail, senders are able to embed a link that points to another
target URL. They can even use link cloaking / forwarding services to disguise
their link.
Because of this, you don't always know where you could be sent when you click
on a link. That can be potentially very dangerous.
Fortunately, this a way to "vet" links that you receive to determine if they're
malicious or legitimate.
It's not a difficult task to quickly check a link and see if it's malicious. For
starters, you already should know that hovering over a link will display a tooltip
with it's true location.
Beyond that, the nature of the email should really tell you a lot about the intent
of the link found within the message. If the email seems suspicious, then the link
is most likely suspicious as well.
Additionally, you shouldn't even click the link just out of curiosity. Believe it or
not, some individuals have done that and it can yield disastrous results. So, don't
take risks!
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