Phishing emails have gotten a lot harder to spot than the obvious scams of a few years ago. Instead of bad grammar and strange links, today's version might look like a normal invoice, a message from a coworker, or an urgent request from someone who appears to be your boss.
A few signs still hold up well: a sense of urgency that pushes you to act before thinking it through, a request to change payment details or click a link to "verify" an account, or a sender address that's close to correct but not quite right if you look closely.
The single best habit is slowing down before clicking anything, and confirming unusual requests through a different channel, like a phone call, rather than replying directly to the email. It sounds simple, but it stops a huge share of these attempts.
Has anyone at your business ever caught a phishing email that almost worked?
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