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You, or someone you know, have invariably received a phishing
email message. A phishing email can be a simple request for
assistance by someone purporting to be your colleague or employee
or another person or entity you trust. It is often sent on a summer
Friday afternoon when the leadership who made the request is no
longer available or at an odd hour (think 5:30 A.M. or 8:30 P.M.).
The email commonly uses the style and/or logo of your firm's
standard emails, and begins a vague request for assistance, such
as:
"Hey, I am stuck in a meeting but I need your assistance.
Are you in the office right now and able to assist."
For others, phishing emails come from a person pretending to be
Dropbox or another recognized service and requesting that you
download a resource or document. The goal of all these emails is
the same–to get you to do something that benefits the
fraudsters on the other end, such as sending them
