How to Hover Over a Link to Check It’s Not a Scam

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❎ When it comes to links on webpages and HTML email, what you see is not always where you go. Hovering over a link is an important technique to look before you leap. ❎ Links can lie What you see isn’t always where you’ll end up. Hover your mouse pointer over a link to see its true destination (usually shown at the bottom of your browser window). If it looks weird or doesn’t match, don’t click. Copy/paste if you’re unsure. Always look before you click, especially in email. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/3241 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶ 7 Signs of Phishing to Watch For ▶ https://youtu.be/0m8jFT03q6Q Chapters 0:00 Hover Over a Link to Check It’s Not a Scam 0:55 What is a link? 2:00 HTML code 3:30 Hovering over a link 4:40 Email programs 5:10 Use copy-paste 6:40 What if it doesn't match? 7:20 URL shorteners 9:45 So how do I know what’s legitimate? ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo/ for even more! #askleo #link #hover