During two weeks in April 2022, Avanan noticed nearly 30,000 such fake emails.

This is why he suggested people looking to remain safe from phishing attacks should employ multiple defensive strategies.

“Fortunately, thats the only thing that differentiates this attack from normal phishing emails,” pointed Clements.

A smartphone and table with mockup phishing emails displayed on the screen, sitting in front of a laptop keyboard.

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The fraudulent email will still have the tell-tale signs of phishing, which is what people should look for.

It would also have several typos and other grammatical mistakes.

Another red flag would be links in the email that dont go to the sender organizations usual website.