I got a suspicious email, what do I do?

We all get those once in a while, sometimes its easy to tell that its Spam or Ads, or that its even a phishing email, however some look legit and ifhard youto everbe notsure.

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We recommend you to send us a copy that we can review.review, if you ever do question it, or just unsure.

 

Here is few things to look for:

1. 1. From Address (this will help you with 99% of them)
      

everything after the @ matters, does it look correct and same as their website? Most companies have websites, and if you can go to whatever is after the @ as a website, and it loads, that's usually a good indicator that it is more legitimate email address.

If Microsoft is emailing you, it should be @microsoft.com and same for most companies, if its something else, its a red flag already.

If its a big company and coming from a @gmail.com, then 99.99999% chance its a fake or scam.

2. Does it have unusual grammar?

Yes, large companies can get hacked too, or have their domain "spoofed". So its important to look at email carefully and see if it has unusual grammatical errors, that is not normal for size of company.

3. Is it asking you to do something unusual?

Is the attachment sending you to login to your Microsoft account? then likely a phishing attack. 

or update billing information with company you don't normally have that arrangement or you do already have it set and they are asking you to update it? Most of these scammers want to get your money, their are usually going to find creative ways for you to get them your banking information.

Use an alternative method to verify this request, call with number you have for that company (NOT the one they include in that same email) and ask if they really sent that email. You never know if their email got hacked and if that party did send that email or not, better to be sure.

 

 

Best way to send copy to us:

Simply click to forward it, and send to support@precision-computer.com

If you may, attach the Internet Headers in the email, to help determine where it was routed from - Follow this link for How do I find the Email Internet Headers?