Online Safety Advice: How to Recognize Phishing Emails?

May 18, 2009 by MyOrbit · 1 Comment
Filed under: Banking, Business, Internet, Money & Finance 

Beware of phishing email scams, which typically come as emails that claim that they are from a company that you most likely do business with, such as your Bank, PayPal or eBay. They will tell you that you need to go to the site, and sign in for some security reason.

If you click the link in that email, you are taken to a site that appears to be the site that you do business with, but it isn’t. These people are trying to gain access to your account info with this email and fake website. Following are some three common signs: Read more