Emails are legal binding documents and need to be treated as such.
Here are some ways to keep yourself safe online when using emails and be aware of scammers.
- Be aware of trick scammers, they use all sorts of methods to try and get you to bite.
“Just because there is a link you should not click it.”
The methods used can catch even the smartest of us. So use due diligence and be aware of emails pretending to infiltrate the business.
The Main reason why is Money and most of the time they will send emails with invoices to be from businesses you associate with, the best response is to double check where your payments are made and if wrong payments are displayed on the invoice then ring the business and ask if the account is correct.
Do not ring the number on the invoice do proper checks before submitting any payments.
Scammers will even hack into business emails and wait for an appropriate time before they strike an email to the victim asking to change the accounts to a new bank. This should raise flags you will then follow best practices as discussed.
Links: some links are very crafty the words look legit but if you hover your mouse over the link you will see the underlying link going to some random website, if you are unsure of the links don’t click and send it to I.T team department to analyse for you.
BE AWARE: You will not receive any emails regarding password resets from your I.T department and or your email system provider will not contact you directly asking you to change your password with a link.
Please be aware of such scams and if you encounter such scams please call or advise your I.T Team.
