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title: "​Teach a man to phish: How to avoid being speared by a scam"
description: With online fraudsters using ever more sophisticated phishing attacks, it’s increasingly difficult to know what’s genuine and what’s not.
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## [​Teach a man to phish: How to avoid being speared by a scam](https://www.mailguard.com.au/in-the-news/teach-man-phish-how-avoid-being-speared-by-scam/)

Posted by [Computer World](https://www.mailguard.com.au/in-the-news/author/computer-world) on Jul 22, 2016

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You’re not the type of person that falls for scams. You’re savvy to Nigerian princes with funds for urgent transfer and jackpot wins for Spanish lotteries you never bought tickets for. You’d just never fall for it.

[Read more on Computer World](http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/603822/teach-man-phish-how-avoid-being-speared-by-scam/)

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