I’ve been using Dropbox for years as a way to save all of my Invoices and PDF user manuals in the cloud, it works across all of my devices: Laptop, iPad and Android phone. An email today was suspicious because it claimed to be from Dropbox, but ended up in my junk email folder.
![Dropbox phishing](https://i0.wp.com/tualatinweb.com/new/wp-content/uploads/dropbox-phishing-1.jpg?resize=786%2C580&ssl=1)
At first glance it has nice formatting with an outlined box, and a pretty blue button called “View file”, but several things jumped out at me screaming scam:
- Hi there – it should say my real First and Last name
- To field – it should’ve had my business email address
- From field – it’s not from dropbox.com
- View file – hovering over the Blue button, but not clicking, reveals a non-Dropbox domain name
Hopefully, you will also be suspicious of email that ends up in your Junk folder, although about 1-2 legitimate emails sent to me daily do wind up in the Junk folder by mistake. Just keep vigilant with all email messages, especially when they have a link or button for you to click. Just hover over that link and see what the address is before clicking it.
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![phishing address](https://i0.wp.com/tualatinweb.com/new/wp-content/uploads/phishing-address.jpg?resize=432%2C138&ssl=1)