You may have made some money and they are now in your PayPal or whatever payment processor account, but once you let down your guard and click on some innocent-looking links found on some innocent-looking fraudulent emails, there goes your money…
Take a look at the following email I have just received…
If I were to click on the link which is obviously not from PayPal when you check the embedded link, there goes my money… right?
Now, there are many fraudulent emails, and notice many of them do not address to anyone in particular or to someone that’s not you. From the above sample of a fraudulent email, there’s no recipient indicated…
Hmmm… Fishy, right? Yet there are people who fell for it.
Well, there are also fraudulent emails that are addressed to you… They may seem to be from eBay, PayPal, Western Union and other familiar looking authorities, but when they ask you to click on a certain link on the email, it’s best not to do so especially when the link indicated on the email and the actual link is different. E.g. the link indicates https://paypal.com/someplace but the actual link when you move your mouse over the link indicates another url like http://suspicious-site.com/somefunnylink in your status bar…
When the email is an email you do not expect, something really uncalled for, telling you things like someone has tried to buzzle you or that it was observed that your payment account has been accessed by another ip address… and trying to convince you to just click on a link within the email, please beware and refrain from clicking! Check out whether the links tally, and when in doubt, delete it.
May you now be empowered not to be conned or scammed and please continue to empower others likewise =)
Cheers!
