(left) Fake Email (right) Real WeTransfer Email<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOne obvious thing to watch for, are emails received from people you don’t know, and about things you don’t expect. Another thing is embedded links that don’t make sense when you ‘hover’ over them to reveal the web address. Many such emails come from non-English speaking countries. Awkward sentences as well as spelling mistakes are a reason for caution, though bad spelling and writing aren’t limited to international emails.
If you have any doubts, don’t click on links or open attachments in suspicious emails. A little caution can prevent a lot of pain and hassle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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