How to identify phishing emails

TORONTO - Feb. 27, 2020 - PRLog -- Phishing emails are one of the largest cybercrimes which have many wondering how to identify phishing emails to protect themselves and their organization.

Simply explained, phishing emails are created to scam a user by getting a person to click on a link, attachment, or a picture. Once you click, you gave up access.

According to a recent report from Statista statistics website, at 11.69%, most spam emails originated in China while, approximately 9.04% out of United States.  Statista estimates that in 2020, spending on IT services from corporations is expected to reach around 1.1 trillion US dollars worldwide.

There is no way to be 100% safe online, but you should try to make it as hard as possible for the cybercriminals.

Cyber security professionals recently analyzed 55.5 million emails.  They reported that one out of every 99 messages contain a phishing attack and 25% of those phishing attacks bypass default security measures setup by IT departments and managed IT services providers.

Check the sender address: It may look legitimate but review the sending address, if it looks odd it is probably spam.

Does the email ask you to click on a link or attachment? Check the sender address and the rest of the email for anything out of the ordinary including spelling, grammar, and colours.

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