{"id":40849,"date":"2017-09-01T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T10:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=40849"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:48:05","slug":"how-to-recognize-suspicious-email-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-recognize-suspicious-email-n\/","title":{"rendered":"How to recognize suspicious emails"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/strong>Last week, I found out that my long lost grandfather, King Nelson Mandela of the Federal Republic of Benin, left me an inheritance of 50 billion dollars. True story.<\/p>\n

While you may laugh off these obvious spam emails, criminals are getting smarter and their latest modus operandi is to dress their malicious emails up to look like they come from reputable brands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looks legit? It’s not.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"bogus-paypal-phishing-scam-1\"<\/p>\n

To avoid dangerous emails<\/strong>\u00a0that could have disastrous consequences,\u00a0follow the tips below!<\/p>\n

1. If you didn’t request it, don’t click it!<\/h3>\n

This is the golden rule.<\/strong> If you didn’t request something from a person or company, there’s no reason for them to email you instructions or, worse, attached files. So unless you’ve specifically asked your bank for information, you shouldn’t expect a “bank manager” to be contacting you.<\/p>\n

2. Suspicious email? Look for the text on Google.<\/h3>\n

Mails related to scams and malware tend to use the same texts<\/strong>, sometimes with tiny changes. Keep an eye out for:<\/p>\n