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My rule of thumb is just "don't click on links that are sent to you". If you need to do something, type the URL in yourself, even (especially) if you get an ema
by dgritsko 6y ago
My rule of thumb is just "don't click on links that are sent to you". If you need to do something, type the URL in yourself, even (especially) if you get an email that looks legitimate. I think the one exception to this would be if it's a direct response to an action that you initiated, like a "Forgot Password" email that you specifically requested.
- another-dave 6y agoThat's been my advice so far, but there are some things that become off limits to people with this approach as the legitimate sites often give you no way to complete some actions like this (e.g. "book a slot with our courier" but you can't browse to the page directly). Plus, I'd like to be able to help people overcome their fear on the internet rather than just keeping them from getting scammed — e.g. the difference between teaching someone to read a map so that they can explore the countryside safely & telling them "you should just stick to the park, where it's safe".