Quincy News: SCAM of the Week: Curious about what happens when you click on that link in a phishing email?

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SCAM of the Week: Curious about what happens when you click on that link in a phishing email?

Whatever you do, DO NOT click on the link.

Instead, allow Quincy Quarry to help you dodge a cyber bullet.

Click and you be Q’ed!
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Curiosity may have killed the cat, but clicking links in suspicious emails can result in suffering all manner of problems, including a potential trip to a reeducation camp.

How big is the danger?

For but example, not only can financial and all manner of other sorts of pain result from biting on a phishing email, companies have their IT department send fake emails to their employees to test them.

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In turn, any employee who clicks on the link bait in the test email not only fail the test but also end up subjected to training.

Rather than click on the link in a suspicious looking email, spam or phishing email, check out the following very informative videos to learn about the dangers of clicking on links or opening attachments in suspicious emails, including live examples of what can happen if one does click on phishing link bait.

The immediately following informative but boring video about phishing scams is from the Federal Trade Commission.

Check out: How to Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams from The Federal Trade Commission’s website.