How to safely check your email, called “view source” video. Fake Email, Email Scams, Email Viruses and Malware. Every day I get some very bad and dangerous email in my inbox. I run so many websites and have over 10 business email addresses, so between all of those I get quite the variety of fraudulent email. I have been teaching about email and Internet Safety since 1999. Did you know there is a way you can look at your questionable email safely? Many of the latest fraud emails say they are from Payment locations, such as your bank, or PayPal, or it may say you missed a UPS or Fed Ex delivery ,or a bill is due, or the bank needs you to click something to confirm, or even a fake, “you have been paid” email. The go to great lengths to look as real as possible and use enticing subject lines. There are so many fraud scams and fake emails it is overwhelming and very easy to be fooled. Here is a breakdown of one such email I recently got in my inbox. Subject Line: Completed: Please DocuSign this document: Confidential Company Agreement 2013..pdf and it showed the email […]
