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On some emails, you might see a warning that marks them as being \u2018external\u2019. This gets added as the email comes into your organisation. The idea is a simple one \u2013 if you see an email marked as external, then you will be more cautious with it.<\/p>\n
If you see an email that appears to have come from a colleague at work that is marked external, you might be especially careful because it would suggest someone was impersonating them. It is particularly useful with the whaling emails<\/strong> \u2013 the emails where the hacker pretends to be the manager and asks the accountant to send a payment overseas.)<\/p>\n Unfortunately, It is only a clue<\/strong>. You still need to be careful. It turns out that the hacking community have found a way to overcome this on some of the emails they send. They realise that this text is often added using HTML and have created some CSS code to defeat it.<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n Just because your organisation might have a warning in place top advice users of external emails, be aware that it isn\u2019t foolproof and you still need to be cautious.<\/p>\nWhat it means is, BE CAREFUL.<\/h3>\n