{"id":5922,"date":"2022-11-11T08:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T13:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nexela.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=5922"},"modified":"2023-03-20T15:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:24:13","slug":"why-you-shouldnt-follow-links-you-randomly-receive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nexela.com\/?p=5922","title":{"rendered":"Why You Shouldn\u2019t Follow Links You Randomly Receive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Paypal: Unusual activity suspended your account. For your safety confirm your identity here: [link]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re here to tell you, very simply, not to follow links that are in messages like these, and to instead confirm their legitimacy by navigating to the website directly in a new browser.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s explore why.<\/p>\n<h2>Let\u2019s Say You Get This Kind of Message from \u201cPayPal\u201d&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><strong>While you certainly don\u2019t want to fall for a phishing scheme, you also want to make sure that there isn\u2019t actually a problem with your PayPal account.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So what should you do?<\/p>\n<p>Simple\u2014instead of using the provided link to go to the supposed website, you should open a new browser window and manually go to the website and check your account status from there. Whether it&#8217;s your bank, a retailer, any online domain you have an account with, go directly to the site. Refraining from using the provided link will help keep you from being phished.<\/p>\n<h2>We\u2019re Here to Help Ensure You and Your Team Work Securely<\/h2>\n<p>For the tools, protective measures, and strategies that will help keep your business and its data safe, reach out to us! Our team of professionals is here to help. Give us a call at (215) 525-3223 to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paypal: Unusual activity suspended your account. For your safety confirm your identity here: [link] We\u2019re here to tell you, very simply, not to follow links that are in messages like these, and to instead confirm their legitimacy by navigating to the website directly in a new browser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,61],"tags":[79,88,241],"class_list":["post-5922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-security","tag-email","tag-phishing","tag-spam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why You Shouldn\u2019t Follow Links You Randomly Receive | Philadelphia, PA | Nexela<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nexela.com\/?p=5922\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why You Shouldn\u2019t Follow Links You Randomly Receive | Philadelphia, PA | Nexela\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paypal: Unusual activity suspended your account. 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