Here is an easy tip I came across to detect if someone is trying to phish me!
A phisher will attempt to make you arrive at their website that looks and feels exactly like a legitimate website.
For example, let’s assume you wanted to go to a good website such as http://www.mygoodbanksite.com/update.html?account
However, a phisher could subvert your browsing and force you to go to http://www.mygoodbanksit.com/update.html?account (notice the difference in the name of the website).
The phisher, to ensure that his attach is successful, will make http://www.mygoodbanksit.com/update.html?account resemble http://www.mygoodbanksite.com/update.html?account exactly so that on casual look, the 2 websites will look the same.
If you know the exact website that you want to browse to, here is a quick tip to ensure that you are indeed on the correct website.
1. Look at the address bar of the browser.
2. Find the first 2 wacks “//”. These always exist in the “http://” part of the address.
3. Next, find the third “wack”.
4. The website you are talking to you is between the 2nd wack and the 3rd wack.
5. If that does not sound like the website address that you intended to browse/visit, close the browser!
