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You probably know you should not click on links you get in emails unless you are POSITIVE that they are legit.
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URLs (links) end with “.com” or “.net” or “.org” or many other legitimate dot-somethings. This will explode with new, and perfectly legitimate ones in the coming couple of years (like “.video” and “.games”).
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But the key here is END WITH.
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URLs, like file paths, use separators. The separator is “\/” the forward slash.
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Thus, http:\/\/aperturef8.com\/privateshow point to the “privateshow” folder at the site “aperturef8.com”.\u00a0
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“aperturef8.com” is separated from “privateshow” by “\/” \u00a0and so\u00a0“aperturef8.com” ENDS WITH “.com”
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Here is a fraudulent URL, which came from an email with a link in it that “Wells Fargo Bank” and urged me to sign in to correct some issue.\u00a0
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By hovering the cursor, BUT NOT CLICKING, over the “Wells Fargo Bank” link, this yellow tag popped up, showing this actual URL.
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http:\/\/online.wellsfargo.com.signon.aspx.dt786686677667t.scrollart.org\/
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With the information you got above, you can see that this is fake.\u00a0
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Yes: it says “online.wellsfargo.com”, but the “.com” is NOT the last thing before the separator. The URL ends with “scrollart.org”.
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If you click this link, you’re going to\u00a0“scrollart.org” \u00a0NOT to Wells Fargo.
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So, look for what is before the first single “\/” to see where you are really going.
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Just a friendly reminder.
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Tracy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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