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You Need To Know This To Avoid Being Scammed

  • Posted by Lisa
  • Date March 9, 2016

OUTSMART THE SCAMMERS
Here’s a key piece of information you need to know

A few weeks ago, we alerted you to a PayPal scam that was circulating. The giveaway was the incorrectly spelt email address.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve received scam emails from:

  • Myer One
  • Woolworths
  • David Jones and more!

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:

The link would’ve taken me to a scam website: ibusinessolutions.it!

So, before you click on a link – notice the destination that it will take you to!

 

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