How do you know if it is a phishing attempt or legit?

Recently I received some emails from what appeared to be my credit card company saying that there had been too many invalid attempts to log into my account and that I needed to log in and change my password. I knew that it wasnt my credit card company, because they sent the email to my home email address not the business email that was on the account. How else do you know if it is phishing or not?How do you know if it is a phishing attempt or legit?
Hi there!



It is a phishing site when you enter a dummy account and it will prompt you to the next page asking for your personal information like name and address. You would also see the difference of the legit site that there is a copyright, company info, privacy policy, and the terms of service in the bottom of the page. As you click it there will open a next window to appear the details or information.



Never trust a phishing site for it will zero your account. If you encounter one report it to the fraud Internet crime or whoever hosted their domain.



Hope that would help... Good day! =)
I don't worry about it and treat it all as phising. I don't send any information to anyone, financial or otherwise. I have never received a e-mail request for personal information from any company with whom I do business.How do you know if it is a phishing attempt or legit?
No legitimate bank or credit card company will contact you in that manner.

If you are in doubt and you use internet account maintenance - go log directly into your account (from their main site, not through the email link) and look for notification of problems there.



Never provide information when you are contacted - only when you are the one making the contact to the business yourself through a known link. That goes for phone call contacts, too.
a legit business will NEVER EVER ask for your password or other information in an email if you get an email asking for that information then you know it is not legitimate. It is far too easy for anyone to make a site that looks official, but only serves to collect personal information. Don't even click on the links provided, but if you did, you could note the web address that you are directed to may be similar to, but definitely different from, the actual web address of the legitimate company. It would also not display the be secure site symbol that should appear on your task bar when you visit secure sites.



contact the company and let them know you are being phished under their name.How do you know if it is a phishing attempt or legit?
That's a phishing attempt. No credit card company, or financial institution for that matter, will send you an email to verify your info, as they already have them stored in their servers. Don't fall for anything like that. Just mark that message as spam and delete it immediately. That's all to it.