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A few tricks to help spot fake email

BusinessWeek's Arik Hesseldahl

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If you have an email address, you probably see occasional emails the appear to be from your bank or favorite auction site. Chance are they're attempts to trick you into giving up your account information. Here's a few tricks that will help you figure out if that email is real or fake

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