Phishing mails, calls, websites are planned to steal money or personal information. Users without awareness or sometimes due to urgency, click on spam links and provide their confidential information like credit card no, bank detail etc… and become a victim of Phishing attack. However, there are some signs of phishing attack that can help you to identify such Phishing emails or websites. Facts about Phishing Attack: According to a Verizon report, 22% of breaches were reported for phishing scams, whereas 75% of organizations have faced phishing attack in 2020 year.  According to Symantec 2019 report, PDFs and MS office files mainly were used in phishing emails due to their universally trusted factor. According to Google’s report, Google has marked 2,145,013 websites as phishing sites in the 2021 year that was 27% higher than the previous year. (Source : tessian.com) 10+ Ways to Spot Phishing Email Spelling and Bad Grammar: You cannot expect a good writing skill from phishers or attacker. If users find any email with bad grammar or spelling mistakes, then it might be a phishing alarm until and unless users have an ideal about the email source. That is why users should avoid such mail. However, corporate or professional companies do not send email with bad grammar and spelling mistakes. Email Links: some emails contain links to spam web pages, once user click on such links the software download process will start automatically in background without awareness of users. If a user finds any suspicious link, then he …

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