Learning How to Identify and Find Phishing emails

In this video, you will learn about phishing emails and how they work. Remember, phishing is a type of fraud in which someone impersonates a reputable organization, entity, or person.

Here are the tips to prevent falling victim to phishing:

• pay close attention to the sender’s email address
• check that you actually have the account it references
• if you weren’t expecting an email from the account/service it references, be cautious
• check that it addresses you and is not generic

Reference: Rouse, M. Contributors: Gills, A., Bedell, C., Cobb, M., Loshin, P., and Scheumack, M. Phishing. SearchSecurity. [Accessed October, 2020]. Available on the TechTarget website