{"id":367921,"date":"2023-02-22T14:15:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T13:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zelly.se\/okategoriserad\/what-is-phishing"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:57:17","slug":"what-is-phishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zelly.se\/en\/okategoriserad\/what-is-phishing","title":{"rendered":"What is phishing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Find out the most important facts about phishing in web links &amp; emails.<\/h1>\n<p>Phishing is a method of accessing valuable information such as credit card numbers, usernames &amp; passwords. Criminals do this through fake emails &amp; websites. <\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are tricked into entering your email username &amp; password, criminals can:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access login for other accounts such as business systems &amp; LinkedIn etc.<\/li>\n<li>Send &amp; read your emails and request information from colleagues and suppliers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fraudsters often use well-known brands such as Microsoft, Apple, Netflix, etc. The risk is that you have an established relationship with the brand.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-336889\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Skarmavbild-2023-02-21-kl.-11.43.16-1024x895.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zelly.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Skarmavbild-2023-02-21-kl.-11.43.16-1024x895.png 1024w, https:\/\/zelly.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Skarmavbild-2023-02-21-kl.-11.43.16-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/zelly.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Skarmavbild-2023-02-21-kl.-11.43.16-768x671.png 768w, https:\/\/zelly.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Skarmavbild-2023-02-21-kl.-11.43.16.png 1252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Fake variants are usually identical copies of genuine emails and websites.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Often the message is designed to make it urgent for the user to take action and it usually includes a link that the sender asks you to click on.<\/p>\n<h2>Calling the bluff<\/h2>\n<p>Even if the display name is correct, sometimes the e-mail address can give away the scam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example of scam address:<\/strong><br \/>\nApple Support &lt;noreply@fake-foxmail.com&gt;<br \/>\nMicrosoft Support &lt;support@micr0soft.com&gt;<br \/>\nThe letter O is replaced by a zero. The same may apply to URLs. www.gooqle.se Q replaces G.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about Cybersecurity:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/zelly.se\/cybersakerhet\/\">www.zelly.se\/cybersakerhet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out the most important facts about phishing in web links &amp; emails. Phishing is a method of accessing valuable information such as credit card numbers, usernames &amp; passwords. Criminals do this through fake emails &amp; websites. If you are tricked into entering your email username &amp; password, criminals can: Access login for other accounts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>What is phishing? | Aderian Zelly<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zelly.se\/en\/okategoriserad\/what-is-phishing\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is phishing?\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find out the most important facts about phishing in web links &amp; emails. 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