According to Kaspersky labs, Russia is the world leader for spreading malware. (USA was number two). Phishing is on the rise again it was up 2.1%. How do you avoid a phish?
If you receive an email in a language you don't read, it's probably a phish.
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Notice the backwards R (Ya), the 3 (which is a z), the square with feet (a D), the circle with a line thru it (F) and the strange W (SH). All these characters are distinct to a cyrillic language. Even I read Russian and I won't open emails in Russian because they are either porn vendors or phishers. If you can remember any one of these characters or the general rule not to open foreign-language emails, it will help you.
That being said, some phishers are writing in English. Look for spelling errors, punctuation errors and grammatical mistakes. I spent more than one year over there and their English isn't polished. Even the English teachers, who I spent a lot of time with, make many mistakes. So mistakes are a clue that the email didn't originate in the US.
A big, red flag should be raised when you are asked for your password in an email. Who does that???
Credit card information should never be asked in an email.
If someone asks for other personal information: social security numbers, phone numbers, addresses, or spouse names, it's probably a phish.
Don't reply to phishes. Resist the urge to reply with "you *&^%%$ phisher I'm not giving you anything!!!" If you reply, the phisher knows he has reached a maintained email address and will try again, but probably from a different email address and with a different angle. Replying is like painting a target on your back.
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