There’s a new
phishing campaign that is targeting iPhone users with the use of a range of
scams aimed at defrauding victims. While email scams are not new in the world
of cyberthreats, attackers are getting craftier in the way they approach
phishing through mobile email. Here are the telltale signs that the email you
have received via your iPhone is a scam:
1.
The sender’s name is
suspicious. If there are discrepancies in email sender usernames and addresses,
think twice about opening the email. Anything that comes from an unknown
sender—especially one that look’s suspicious should be handled with much
thought.
2.
There are invalid
recipients. Another telltale sign of an iPhone email
scam is the presence of invalid recipients or
email addresses that are undisclosed.
3.
The email body is a
picture. Emails that contain photographs as the message body prevent you from
copying content and pasting it elsewhere. They also force you to click on
malicious links within the image or the message body.
4.
Subscription renewals.
If you are not subscribed to whatever the email message is referring to, you
should certainly not feel obliged to accept their invitation to “renew” your
subscription, especially since there isn’t a subscription to renew in the first
place.
5.
Shortened or clipped
URL. Another telltale sign of a scam email is a shortened URL, which when
copied and pasted elsewhere reveals a link behind the URL, which typically load
in a background preview window, enabling the scam to unfold.
Apart from
phishing emails, there are even newer breeds of scams that specifically target
iPhone users, like dating app scams, slot machine scams, and free VPN app
scams. Arming yourself with good knowledge of these security-threatening
schemes is your best defense against the damages they can do to your online
accounts and your device.
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