Remember, if something sounds/looks too good to be true, it is very likely fake. If you receive a malicious mail, you should report it to the corresponding company, to protect yourself and other users from phishing attacks. These are clearly malicious links that if clicked on, could potentially steal your username, email address, or in the worst case scenario could stealthily download a malware that could infect your computer. But when you mouse over the URL in your web browser, you may notice that the link has some garbled text like, or something that looks partially like the official site but ends with some nonsensical text. At first glance, they may appear to direct you to a legitimate site like. Scam mails may link to a website, but you should never click on these. In this case, it is written improperly, and does not provide the name of the sender or the brand's website. The signature is another part of the mail that can be used to check the authenticity of the sender. The Opera GX scam email is no exception to this, the brand and product names have incorrect spacing, i.e. Your bank or a company's contact person will have access to this information, and will use it because it is common courtesy, and also because it helps build rapport between the two.įraud emails tend to contain spelling, grammatical errors in the body of the message. Legitimate emails will always address you by your proper name, and not as a user/customer. While that is a good idea, there are other ways to tell if an email is from a real company or a bank representative.
In addition to checking the sender's mail address, Opera also advises users to verify the sender's profile on LinkedIn to avoid being scammed. The company says that it only contacts content creators via press agencies.
I think it is good on Opera's part to acknowledge the malicious email campaign, and educate users about it. Opera says that it has received multiple reports about the scam, and that it seems to target small YouTube channels. The uninformed individual, however, might fall into the trap. Experienced users will be able to tell that it is fake, but they aren't usually the victims of phishing attacks. If you look at it, the message almost appears to be legitimate.
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