It’s sometimes easy to spot them, but often not. When we aren’t sure we go to the site we know is legitimate. When the bank ones, we call the local branch where we know the branch manager.
“When we aren’t sure we go to the site we know is legitimate.”
You should NEVER click on a link. Always go to the company’s web site and be sure to see “https”
We use a VPN and I subscribe to IdentityForce. I have all my credit cards set up to notify me of EVERY transaction. The notifications often arrive seconds after I use the credit card at a merchant. One credit card notified me yesterday of a new log on from an unrecognized device using Chrome. It turns out it was my wife.
If I get something like that from my bank, I go down to my bank and talk someone there.
“When we aren’t sure we go to the site we know is legitimate. “
one should ALWAYS do that anyway ... NEVER click on a link in an email ...