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Watch out of emails trying to steal your passwords

  • ChipConnJohn
  • Feb 26, 2019
  • 1 min read

I've been getting more calls that usual from people wanting to know if they need to "Validate their email account" or such things.

  • The goal is to steal your email/password combination so that the hacker can take over your account.

  • The emails are designed to make you act before you think. They can look good. The days of misspellings and bad grammar have largely passed.

So, how do you tell?

  • First, just know that 99% of the time, this is junk email.

  • You can hover over the links in the email (don't click on them) and see what the real web address is. Most likely it'll not make any sense.

  • You can go directly to the account's website, by typing the web address in your browser. Sign in. If there's any problems, you'll get a notification.

Other than that, make the junk emails as Junk or delete them.

 
 
 

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