Email phishing examples: Example 5

5. Legit companies don’t force you to their website

Sometimes phishing emails are coded entirely as a hyperlink. Therefore, clicking accidentally or deliberately anywhere in the email will open a fake web page, or download spam onto your computer.

*This whole email was a gigantic hyperlink, so if you clicked **anywhere** in the email, you would initiate the malicious attack.*

In the next article: Email Phishing Example 6