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CHAPTER 4: Protecting Yourself From Fraud and Scams
TEST YOUR PHISHING-DETECTION SKILLS
Look at the email at right and study the circled indicators of a phishing email. Then see how many more clues you can find that reveal the email as fraudulent.
1. Email address of sender is not legitimate. An email from your bank would not come from a gmail account.
2. A sense of urgency in the subject line. 3. Generic greeting or salutation.
Your bank would greet you by name. 4. Poor grammar or typos.
What else can YOU find? Check the purple box on the next page for answers.
And finally, when you get a phishing email, you can often report it as spam
or junk email. Look for a button on the screen with either of these terms to ban- ish the sender from your inbox forever!
From: Bank of America (accounts.bankofamerica@gmail.com) Subject: Action Required!
Dear valued customer,
You are require to update your account information immediately to prevent account termination.Please follow link to update password information and verify your email address:
www.securitybankofamerica.net/info
Please be sure to read the updated privacy policies in the attached document.
Thanks,
Bank of America Account
privacypdf.exe
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