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How to Differentiate a Legitimate Link from a Suspicious One?

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We are surrounded by so many online scams these days. The so-called email phishing scams are getting more and more convincing and the scammers are putting more effort into making it look free of typos, and genuine links. Whether it is legitimate or for fraud purposes, we cannot say for sure, so today we are discussing some point which you can apply to identify and ensure that   you do not click on the accidental. 1. By Using A Link Checking Program Use a link checking program which is another tool that you can use to find suspicious links. If you find that the methods here are too difficult for you, then consider downloading an extension in your web browser which will notify you whenever the websites consider anything dangerous. It will thereby stop you from visiting such web pages when you click on links in other apps. This refers and applies only to desktop web browsers, not handheld devices.   There are lots of tools available and many of them are free of cost too; others