You Need To Know This To Avoid Being Scammed

Most of those emails have an obvious telltale sign.

Until we received one from Westpac.

Now, if you don’t bank with Westpac – it’s quite obvious that the email is not legitimate. But if you do, how can you tell if it’s a scam?
The email address was displayed as: ccapplications@westpac.com.au

The body of the email was “Important information regarding your account”.
Then there was a link to click to “review and confirm account information”.

Now, here’s a  b i g  tip.
When you hover over the so-called link – the destination of the link is usually displayed in the bottom left hand corner of your browser window.

I noticed the link address looked like this: