Three warning signs that email is malicious
Three Warning signs that email is malicious
By Jeandre de Beer / Pc World
Email spam filtering is far better than it used to be. There was a time when nearly every scam email would land in your inbox.
Thankfully that's not the case anymore—especially if you're a Gmail user.
But no system is perfect. Every now and then a scam message will manage to slip into your inbox. But how do you know when you're looking at a scam or not?
Here are three basic tip-offs you can look for to figure out whether you're looking at an email with dishonest intentions. They're hardly an exhaustive list, but more often than not one of these tips will save you from getting scammed.