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handling_suspicious_email_messages_and_spam [2017/02/10 09:45] – [Is this message trying to get me to do something dangerous?] Rework to provide more information and reduce duplicate language. abrashearhandling_suspicious_email_messages_and_spam [2017/02/10 09:48] – [Handling Suspicious Email Messages and Spam] Add note on Gmail auto-unsubscribe. abrashear
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-The two best ways to reduce the amount of unwanted email in your inbox is to report spam messages and unsubscribe from mailing lists you are not interested in.+The two best ways to reduce the amount of unwanted email in your inbox is to report spam messages and unsubscribe from mailing lists you are not interested in. Gmail can even automatically unsubscribe you from messages you mark as spam.
  
 The open nature of the global email system is a double-edged sword―by nature it allows any person or company to communicate with anyone else. The drawback is that sender's do not always have good intentions. When reading email, you should always question the sender's intentions. Consider the following when reading email (particularly unsolicited email): The open nature of the global email system is a double-edged sword―by nature it allows any person or company to communicate with anyone else. The drawback is that sender's do not always have good intentions. When reading email, you should always question the sender's intentions. Consider the following when reading email (particularly unsolicited email):
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 ===== Is this email actually from who it says it is? ===== ===== Is this email actually from who it says it is? =====
  
-  * Check the From address on the email. Messages from your bank should probably come from //[email protected]//, and not //[email protected]// or //[email protected]//. +Malicious messages can come from anyone. It's very common for an attacker to hijack an account, and then use that account to send harmful messages to all of the contacts. Even if a message is from someone you know, be on alert if it seems unusual. 
-  * Consider the body of the message. If you have communicated with this person before, is their grammar unusual? Is the formatting of the message odd? Is their spelling particularly poor?+ 
 +  * **Check the //From// address on the email.** Messages from your bank should probably come from //[email protected]//, and not //[email protected]// or //[email protected]//. 
 +  * **Consider the body of the message.** If you have communicated with this person before, is their grammar unusual? Is the formatting of the message odd? Is their spelling particularly poor? Are they asking you to do something unusual?
  
 ===== Is this message trying to get me to do something dangerous? ===== ===== Is this message trying to get me to do something dangerous? =====
handling_suspicious_email_messages_and_spam.txt · Last modified: 2021/12/01 14:35 by abrashear