Handle with Care: Face Scams in Your Email
Handle with Care: Avoid Scams in Your Email Picture Prince ’s Sugar Shack, a business specializing in quirkily named pastries, which is rocking t he France arena. One day, Prince gets a very official-looking email with t he subject: “ ALERT: Your Account Has Been Hacked. ” Inside is a link to a site where he can supposedly enter his business’ account info and see if he’s safe. Prince ’s concerned and considers clicking t he link to see his account status. But he also knows this could be a scam. What move should Prince make? Let’s find out T he email Prince got seems as suspicious as that milk that’s been sitting out since yesterday. In fact, it might be an example of “ phishing .” Phishing is when a hacker makes a message appear as if it’s coming from an official source like a government agency , business partner , or bank , tempting you to enter your account or personal info and open an online door to danger. Did an official-looki...