Spoofing Emails: What You Need to Know
Phishing scams try to lure account holders into providing sensitive personal or financial information to scammers posing as a legitimate business. Phishing scams may occur as fraudsters attempt to trick cardholders into providing missing information in order to perpetrate fraud. Email spoofing is one-way fraudsters trick targeted victims by using a forged email where the message appears to have originated from someone other than the actual source. Email is an easy tactic used in phishing and scam campaigns because people are more likely to open emails from what seems to be a legitimate source. The email usually has a call to action prompting recipients to open, click thru and even respond to a solicitation putting sensitive member information at risk.
Be diligent when reading emails and use these ways to spot a spoofed or fraudulent email:
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The email asks you to click on a link to a webpage that does not have the correct domain or isn’t the real company’s web site. TIP: You can hover over links in an email to see where they take you BEFORE you click
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The sending email does not use the correct domain or company name after the “@”
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The web domain doesn’t use “https” – the ‘s’ gives you a secure connection
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The content of an email is not the typical content you’ve received before
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The time an email is sent is not reasonable for the line of business or inconsistent with past email communications
If you see a suspicious email or communication from DFDFCU that doesn’t seem familiar, please contact DFDFCU at 303-228-5300 or email us at webmail@dfdfcu.com to ensure you don’t fall victim to a phishing or spoofing scam.
