How to Detect Bots, Scams, Phishing, Spam, Etc
Copy an innocuous line of text in the message to the clipboard., Open a web browser to your favorite search engine. , Paste the text into the search box and search. , Review the search results. , Know that if it's a bot or chain mail or a scam...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Copy an innocuous line of text in the message to the clipboard.
Normally you'll find exactly, or almost exactly the text you received in your email or chat message quoted in an article telling you why you'd be a fool to believe it, or that the cancer kid is now a middle aged man, or that email from the guy in Nigeria who needs a bank account (but can somehow wire money into it without one) really is a 'Nigeria Scam'. -
Step 2: Open a web browser to your favorite search engine.
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Step 3: Paste the text into the search box and search.
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Step 4: Review the search results.
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Step 5: Know that if it's a bot or chain mail or a scam
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Step 6: usually it's been around the block.
Detailed Guide
Normally you'll find exactly, or almost exactly the text you received in your email or chat message quoted in an article telling you why you'd be a fool to believe it, or that the cancer kid is now a middle aged man, or that email from the guy in Nigeria who needs a bank account (but can somehow wire money into it without one) really is a 'Nigeria Scam'.
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