How To Identify A Scammer's Email

With the recent WannaCry or WannaCrypt outbreak, amongst others in the past, “how do I stay protected?” is the question on everyone’s mind.

There are a few steps to stay safe.

1) Make sure that your PC is up to date when it comes to Microsoft’s security updates.

2) Make sure that your PC is protected by antivirus software. Preferably, one that protects against viruses and spyware/malware.

If your organisation is on a support agreement with Sydney Cloud IT, then those steps are already covered. We have even pushed a patch to all your PC’s in the background to stop the virus spreading.

However, perhaps the most important step is to make sure that you do not click on links in suspicious emails that you receive in your inbox. This is a guide that will help you identify whether the email that you received is legitimate.

The email in the image below looks legitimate. In our case, we are a customer of DocuSign so it would have been easy to fall for it, but there are some telltale signs that give it away.

1) The sender email address: We know that previous emails from DocuSign came from [email protected] and not [email protected] as shown below

2) The link: Hover your mouse over the button that says “Review Document” or in other cases “Click Here to Confirm Account” or any other text inviting to click it. take a note of the balloon popup. If this was a legitimate email, the link would look something like this

https://www.docusign.net/more-text-here

However, in this instance, the link goes to

https://sitthegemuch.ru/….

This is a clear giveaway and it is clearly trying to trick you into going to a fake page.

Just delete it.

If you have any concerns, then feel free to contact our helpdesk on 02 8004 5804. Our staff are ready to answer your questions.