Phishing indicators from top to bottom:
- Sender – name doesn’t match the email address
- Sense of urgency – exclamation mark in the subject
- Addressee – placeholder for addressee email which implies a script generated it
- File type – EFTs usually come in web formats or PDF, not Docx which is relatively more dangerous
Phishing indicators from top to bottom:
- Sender domain – auto-generated, meaningless and doesn’t fit the name
- Subject – clickbait (the gift is the subject, not the survey)
- Too good to be true – getting instant reward of at least $80 for answering a survey
- Sense of “you were chosen”
Phishing indicators from top to bottom:
- Odd design
- Too good to be true – everything 90% off? 🤨
- Buttons are all over the place
Phishing indicators from top to bottom:
- Sender – different name and AD user
- Addressing users by their email and not name
- Sense of urgency – password expires today
Phishing indicators from top to bottom:
- Subject – clickbait (the gift is the subject, not the survey)
- Sender – the giveaway team? 🤨
- Too good to be true – getting instant reward of at least $120 for answering a survey
Phishing indicators from top to bottom:
- Old logo format
- Too good to be true – getting $100 gift card for nothing
- Suspicious link
Phishing indicators from top to bottom:
- Old email format
- Problematic alignment
- Sense of urgency – link in capital letters, bold and red
