Email Scams Are More Effective Than You’d Expect
You know those weird emails that try to trick you into handing over your information? Turns out they work way better than you’d expect, according to a new study from Google and the University of California, San Diego.
Certain websites included in phishing emails successfully lure users up to 45 percent of the time, according to the study, which came out on Thursday. Once on the bogus pages — which tend to imitate legitimate sites, like Google itself, in an effort to obtain people’s private details — 14 percent of people unwittingly submit their information to hackers. Researchers said the percentage of people who get tricked was “much higher” than they expected.