It turns out that halfway clever phishing attacks really, really work

tl:dr: Check the address bar when you click on a link Make sure it starts with 'https://" (in green, with a lock icon)

Something’s wrong if you see “data:text/” at the start, rather than a secure URL

It’s an interesting trick the hackers use to hide the address bar and to fool us into thinking that we’re going to a good address rather than the bad one they supplied.

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