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Recognising spoof or phishing emails

If you receive an email that appears to be from GunsInternational.com and requests sensitive personal information, be cautious. The email may be a "spoof" or "phishing" email.
Fraudsters send fake emails, which appear to come from well-known companies, in the hope that recipients will reply or click on a link contained in the email, and then provide confidential information including passwords or bank or credit card details.
How to report spoof and phishing emails
If you receive a suspicious email, you should report it to us immediately. Here's how:
  1. Don't click any links in the email or open any attachments.
  2. Forward the message to us as an attachment at fraud@GunsInternational.com.
We'll let you know that we received the email.
Tip
To help us investigate the source of a spoof or phishing email, please ensure you include the message as an attachment.
Characteristics of spoof or phishing emails and websites
A phishing email pretending to be from eBay typically contains a link that takes you to a fake website. There, you'll usually be asked to sign in, and submit personal and account information.
These emails often include the GunsInternational logo and a fake GunsInternational address in the "From" line. Pay attention to signs that the email might be a spoof.
Here are some typical traits of spoof emails and websites:
  • Asking for confidential information
  • An urgent tone that asks you to act quickly
  • Unsolicited attachments
  • A generic greeting, like "Attention GunsInternational.com member"
  • A web address that looks like GunsInternational.com , but which may have a typo or extra numbers and letters (like http://signin-GunsInternationals.com or http://signin.GunsInternational.com@10.180.48)     
If you receive a legitimate email from GunsInternational.com, you can expect that:
  • It will contain your email onfile with GunsInternational.com in profile and if you have a billing email on file it will contain that email address.
  • We won't ask you to provide confidential information like your password or credit card details via email.  
  • We'll only include links for convenience. No link will require you to submit confidential information on the next page
  • We won't include attachments. If you receive an unsolicited email with an attachment, don't open it
  • We won't ever use threatening language or include specific threats.
Guns International Advertising Policy
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