It’s the perfect time for hackers to send emails with dangerous malware and viruses. Right now, your inbox is probably filled with “COVID-19” subject lines and coronavirus focused emails. Hackers are even using a fake cdc-gov email address that’s not legitimate and spamming inboxes. How can you tell a phishing e-mail from a legitimate one? Here’s a few telltale signs:
𝖫𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒.
𝖧𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 (𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖣𝖮𝖭’𝖳 𝖢𝖫𝖨𝖢𝖪) 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖠𝖢𝖳𝖴𝖠𝖫 𝗐𝖾𝖻𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈. 𝖨𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾’𝗌 𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖴𝖱𝖫, 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗂𝗆𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒.
𝖶𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗉𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗋𝗌.
𝖭𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗅𝗈𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗍 & 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌.
When in doubt, call the person who supposedly sent the email on the phone to verify it’s legitimate.
