Gmail, Outlook users hit by email scams; don’t do this, check list

Email scams are not a new phenomenon, and hackers and fraudsters are constantly looking for new ways of tricking unsuspecting users into clicking on malicious links and stealing their personal information and their money. In the latest such email scam, that has hit Gmail and Outlook, fraudsters are fooling users by sending them mail that impersonates supermarkets. This then fold users enough for them to click on the links. Needless to say, they end up losing their money, private data or both. In fact, it appears that these fraudulent emails use very official-looking branding and emails in order to trick users into clicking on the links inside.