Each day, about 333.2 billion emails are sent worldwide; of them, 85% are spam emails.
Unfortunately, Googles spam detection system is not that good.
They only block about 100 million spam emails out of 283 billion daily.
And sometimes Google red flags emails that are legitimate.
So you see, we clearly cannot rely only on Google to filter out spam emails.
you oughta know precisely how to identify phishing emails.
Also, check out our separate post on how toshow/hide folders on left menu on Gmail.
How Can You Tell a Dangerous Email?
An unsafe email may have malicious attachments or suspicious links that will install malware when you press them.
Still, there are ways to identify malicious emails.
confirm to check where the email is from properly.
Scammers are often impersonal.
They wont know your name and will refer to you as sir, madam, or user.
Never provide this information to anyone.
No employees from banks or anyone from actual companies ask for your private information.
If you download and open them, these files have viruses and malware that will attack your machine.
Do not tap on links that are from unknown emails.
These are the points you should consider when determining dangerous emails.
How Do I Fix This Message is Dangerous on Gmail?
When Gmail detects a malicious email, it shows a red banner that saysThis message seems dangerous.
Heres what to do if Gmail says this message is dangerous:
1.
Google will update this information and no longer flag those kinds of emails.
Organize Your Emails
you oughta arrange your emails if your messages are marked as dangerous.
3. deactivate the Antivirus Email Signature
Some antiviruses have the digital signature feature that scans your email.
But it can cause Gmail to falsely determine certain emails as dangerous.
turn off the digital signature and see whether the problem is solved or not.
Also, check out our separate post on how toview message headers in Outlook.
Although theres no fix to this problem, there is a workaround.
Just forward the email to yourself.
It will allow you to pop swing open the email and download the attached files.
Remember, this might not work for some users.
Check out the easiest way toenable read receipts in Outlook.
FAQs
Why does it say be careful with this message Gmail?
Can opening an email in Gmail be dangerous?
No, opening an email in Gmail is not dangerous.
But clicking on unknown links or downloading and opening files attached to malicious emails is dangerous.
Does Gmail block malicious attachments?
But no need to worry about it now.
Tell me below if youve ever received any emails from scammers.
Also, let me know if youve any questions regarding phishing or malware attacks.
See you in the comment section.
