What do phishing emails look like?
You can see some examples of phishing emails purporting to be from Egg on the Bank Safe Online website. Take some time to look over these and familiarise yourself with the kind of emails phishers send. Phishing emails usually claim that your security details need to be ‘verified’. There will often be a time limit, eg “Your account will be suspended in 48 hours if you don’t verify your details” to put pressure on you to click the link and submit security information. When you click the link, the most usual deception is to send you to a website that looks like the Egg website but which is, in fact, a ‘spoof’ site. Sometimes phishers will direct you to the genuine site but then load a ‘pop up’ of their own over the top of it and you are asked to enter your security details into this pop up. Phishing emails usually start with an impersonal greeting such as “Dear Valued Customer” or “Dear Egg Customer”. However, they are becoming more sophisticated so they may use something more individual.
