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okay today we're going to talk about
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fishing
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no not that kind of fishing fishing with
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a pH it's an online scam where someone
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sends you a luring message with a link
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from an email address that looks real
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but is fake hi I'm Andre Avery United
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States Postal Inspector the message says
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it's important or Urgent by clicking on
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a link in the message you are asked to
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provide valuable information like a
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password or account information if you
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do you can put all of your data at risk
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and it could lead to monetary losses
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who would fall for this nobody would
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right
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wrong if these scams didn't work they
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wouldn't exist
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there are some simple ways to spot these
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emails and prevent phishing attacks
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verify the email address it might look
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like it's from a legitimate company but
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one strange character in the URL can
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spell trouble and never click on the
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links delivered in suspicious emails
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strong and unique passwords for your
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online accounts
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never provide your personal or financial
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information online unless you know who
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you are dealing with
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think before you click
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for more information on scams visit
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usbis.gov