ExpressBasics: How to spot authentic emails by Facebook, Twitter and more – The Indian Express

Written by Chetan Nayak | Mumbai | Updated: March 26, 2022 7:05:21 pm Here are a few ways to know of the emails you have been receiving are legitimate or not. (Image Source: Pixabay) A number of people have been reporting fake emails received from individuals posing as official employees from Twitter, Facebook and other corporations. These mails can provide misinformation, or worse, redirect you to a potentially dangerous website where you may be tricked into revealing sensitive information like your password. In today’s edition of ExpressBasics, we will be looking at ways to check and verify if the email you just received from any platform is a legit one. To make sure you’re not being scammed, pay attention to the following pointers. How to identify fake emails Google has made a neat little video explaining the elements one needs to watch out for when opening an email. These cues will help you quickly identify legitimate emails from the fake ones. Check it out below. Twitter Twitter mails will only come from @twitter.com or @e.twitter.com. If you see an email from an individual or other entity, it is a fake one, even if it may have twitter in its name…
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