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How to Detect Phishing Email
Phishing Email Masterclass
97% of all data breaches and stolen money start with ONE phishing email. But once you know these 9 red flags, you will spot 99% of them in under 5 seconds – before you even open it.
1. Sender email address Real: payments@commbank.com.au Fake: payments@commbank-security-verification.net → Hover (don’t click) – if it’s not the EXACT official domain = trash.
2. Reply-to is different Hover “Reply” – scammers hide a totally different email here.
3. Urgency & threats “Your account will be deleted in 1 hour” “Pay this $20 Australia Post fee or lose your parcel” Real companies give you days or weeks, never minutes.
4. Spelling & grammar One single weird space or capital letter = fake 2025 trend.
5. Generic greeting “Dear Customer”, “Hello User”, “Dear Sir/Madam” instead of your real name.
6. Links that lie Text says: www.paypal.com Actual link (hover): paypal.verify-session4567.xyz → Always hover before clicking.
7. Attachments you didn’t expect invoice.pdf.exe, parcel-label.zip, tax-refund.doc → instant delete.
8. Requests for passwords, 2FA codes, or crypto seed No real bank, government, or company will EVER ask for these in email.
9. Too good to be true “You won $500,000 from Telstra” “Click to claim your tax refund early” → You didn’t enter, you don’t win.
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