5 Dangerous Email Subject Lines That Can Pull You Into A Cyber Scam! According to Websense Research, email subjects are mostly enough to lure you into a cyber scam. So we bring you the most risky email subjects that you should be wary of! Rate this news: (2 Votes) Tuesday, December 17, 2013: Emails are one of the easiest means to engulf you in a phishing scam. Cybercriminals do what they can to lure you into clicking a malicious link or download an infected file by using smart and legitimate-appearing subject lines. According to Websense Research, email subjects are mostly enough to lure you into such a scam. So we bring you the most risky email subjects that you should be wary of! email, email subject line, Websense, Websense security, email subjects, phishing, cyber scam LinkedIn invitation If you are a working professional, LinkedIn is definitely one of the platforms that you take most seriously. While some LinkedIn connections are for real, others are simply lures to direct you to a malicious site. So the best is to never open the link directly from your mailbox unless you know the person. Google the person and see if there is any relevance as such and then accept. Mail delivery failed How many times has it happened with you that you get mail delivery alerts? According to Websense, ‘Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender’ is a very dangerous subject line. Do not just click! Dear Customer Many phishing scams use this as the subject line to lure unsuspecting recipients. They then take you to websites that appear genuine but are indeed fake. Comunicazione importante In Italian, it means “important communication” and is another scary email subject, according to the Websense study. Do not click on any link if you want to stay safe. Undelivered mail sent to sender Very similar to the one given above, this is another common subject line used to attract unsuspected recipients.
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