One of the first thoughts new business owners have when creating their company is to sign up for a separate email account, which is great for security, credibility, and branding for a new business.
Many generate yourbusinessname@gmail.com or yourbusinessname@yahoo.com or yourbusinessname@aol.com and stop there.
How many colleagues do you email that are in this boat?
Do you pay close attention to their communications to ensure they always are who they say they are?
Watch out for doctorsoandso@gmail.com that often corresponds with you and then suddenly emails you from doctorso-and-so@gmail.com or drsoandso@gmail.com or doctorso@gmail.com – this is likely not your expected contact and is someone spoofing their account in an attempt to fool their contacts!
Hackers can easily create forged emails that are very similar or one letter away from any account on these free mail providers, like Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL.
It takes a considerable amount more time and effort to spoof firstname@yourcompanyname.com by creating firstname@almostyourcompanyname.com – but is still possible!
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