What is phishing and spoofing email?
Emails are referred to as phishing, e.g. try to steal passwords or spread a virus on a computer.
A phishing email can be, for example, a fake invoice or an attractive offer. It often requires immediate action to get you to fill out a fake form, click the link to a fake website, or open an infected attachment.
The goal of e-mail spoofing is to fake the sender of an e-mail in this way. E-mail spoofing sends e-mails with a fake sender address that can be confused with a known sender address, so that the recipient thinks that it comes from a trusted source.
How to identify phishing
- Is the sender known and their email address correct?
- Does the subject make sense?
- Is a personal salutation missing?
- Are there frequent spelling or grammar mistakes?
- Is the email particularly urgent? Does it require a fast response in order to profit from an especially lucrative offer?
- Does it require you to enter your password on a specific webpage to prevent being locked out of an account?
- Is an attachment expected from this sender?
Phishing & malware procedure
See here for information regarding this topic: Outlook-App Report Message
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