Actually phishing trick is very dependent on prudence and vigilance of the target. Phishing website is very easy to know if we have enough knowledge and always being extra careful when clicking any link.
One basic thing to avoid being tricked by phishing is:
Observe the url address or the destination site. Make sure it is the correct link, it is existed or not. Sometimes you can search for the website review at search engine if you are trying to log in into new website.
For example, in our previous post about Web Phishing - Recognize and Understand we can see the photo of facebook login page but the link is actually different. You can see the url is the IP address, and the domain that hacker use is 'fucabook.com' which is similar with 'facebook.com' that is the original interface for the website.
The similar domain always being used by the hackers to trap the target.
Phishing link is typically found in social media chats or post, or false information spread by using photo of porn, lure the victims to clicking. Therefore, we should look where the link will be directed.
One of my favourite browser is Google Chrome because when you hover your cursor on the link, it will appear the address location url at the bottom left. So you can check wether the link are true or it actually a hyperlink that directed to another fake website or advertisement that can bring harm to you.
The point is, you should be extra careful when you clicking any link in the Internet. When you have found a phishing site, you can report it to Google so that the site will be blocked.
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