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Do you know the sender?
Is it a company you already have a relationship with?
Report the email
Report the email
Report the email
Does it contain an attachment?
Are there attachments in the email?
Is it a company standard email address?
Is it a company standard email address?
Does it contain a link?Can you trust or verify the
attachment from/with the sender?
Does it come from a company asking you to contact them urgently
from an address other than the standard company address?
The email is probably safe, possibly marketing or SPAM
The email is probably safe, possibly marketing or SPAM
The email is probably safe
Does it entice you to click on the link with urgency or offering a
reward/prize? Does it offer something of financial value? Are
they asking for credentials?
Hovering over the link, is it a genuine URL relating to the
content of the email?
Obvious SPAM messages should always
be reported via the report as SPAM button,
Were you expecting it?
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO NO
NO NO
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NO
Phishy FlowchartUse this handy chart to help identify phishing emails and make sure you don’t take the phishing bait!
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