Security News > 2020 > April > At last – a use for all those phishing emails you’ve been getting!
Because the last thing we want to see is that we all end up so focused on coronavirus-themed scams that we inadvertently create a loophole for those crooks who are carefully sending non-coronavirus scams in the hope of attracting less scrutiny - hiding in plain sight, as it were.
If you simply redefine "Nigerian scams" as "Advance fee fraud scams" - in other words, you focus on how they work instead of who may or may not be perpetrating them - you learn how to recognise fraudulent money-up-front schemes in general and protect yourself much better.
So we're happy that the NCSC has identified that their new Suspicious Email Reporting Service helps you deal specifically with coronavirus-themed scams.
To paraphrase George Orwell, all scams are equal, but some scams are more equal than others.
Remember that if ever a bunch of phishing scammers get their day in court, submissions of actual scam emails from real recipients around the world are powerful evidence of the global impact of their crimes.