{"id":21,"date":"2011-11-02T13:51:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T13:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/?p=21"},"modified":"2012-01-26T19:40:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T19:40:55","slug":"protect-yourself-from-email-phishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2011\/11\/02\/protect-yourself-from-email-phishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Yourself from Email Phishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2011\/11\/newsletter.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"newsletter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2011\/11\/newsletter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>Another great way to stay secure on the Web is to make sure you know who&#8217;s asking for your personal info before sharing it with anyone. Mozilla will never ask for anything like that by email \u2014 or any other method \u2014 so if you see anything claiming to be from us, it&#8217;s a scam. Please help out by <a title=\"fraud alert\" href=\"www.mozilla.org\/legal\/fraud-report\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">letting us know<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if you see any suspicious online behavior, Mozilla-related or not, you should do your part to report it. There are a number of anti-phishing and law enforcement groups that can help in such cases: You can <a title=\"report spam to FTC\" href=\"mailto:spam@uce.gov\" target=\"_blank\">send an email<\/a> to the FTC in the United States; file a report with the Anti-Phishing Working Group on their <a title=\"anti phishing web site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiphishing.org\/report_phishing.html\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> or by <a title=\"email to report phishing\" href=\"mailto:reportphishing@apwg.org\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a>; <a title=\"internet crime complaint gov\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/complaint\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">submit a report<\/a> to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, co-sponsored by the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center; or <a title=\"find correct reporting address in your country\" href=\"http:\/\/spamlinks.net\/track-report-addresses.htm\" target=\"_blank\">find the correct reporting address<\/a> in your country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another great way to stay secure on the Web is to make sure you know who&#8217;s asking for your personal info before sharing it with anyone. Mozilla will never ask for anything like that by email \u2014 or any other &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2011\/11\/02\/protect-yourself-from-email-phishing\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":378,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,11034,5,11022],"tags":[11363,278486],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Protect Yourself from Email Phishing - The Den<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2011\/11\/02\/protect-yourself-from-email-phishing\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carmen Collins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2011\/11\/02\/protect-yourself-from-email-phishing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2011\/11\/02\/protect-yourself-from-email-phishing\/\",\"name\":\"Protect Yourself from Email Phishing - 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