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Deal with a suspicious email
Advice on what to do with spam and phishing emails
Have you received a suspicious email? Sounds too good to be true? Or perhaps urging you to 'update your security information'? If you have any anxieties about what to do, this article will point you in the right direction.
Unfortunately, most of the emails that travel through cyberspace are unwanted. Many are unsolicited junk ('spam'). Some carry viruses. Some are plain old fashioned hoaxes. An increasing number are sent by conmen trying to exploit you ('phishing').
Get Safe Online has lots of advice about dealing with different kinds of email problems. This page will point you to the relevent articles:
- For advice about spam email, see Stop unwanted email.
- To learn how to spot a con trick or phishing email, see Avoid fake websites.
- Conmen also use psychological tricks and social engineering to make you do what they want. To learn how to spot and combat their maneuvres, see Don’t let conmen trick you.
- For more information about hoax emails, see Don’t fall for hoax emails.
Lastly, if you're certain that an email is bogus, you can report it to your ISP or, where appropriate, to your bank, auction company or online retailer. You can also report suspicious or phishing emails online to the Anti-phishing Working Group and Bank Safe Online, so that the information can be quickly shared between all the banks.