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Worked Walkthrough: triage a suspicious email

Run a repeatable triage method on a suspicious message instead of reacting from feel.

A mailbox-warning email says you must re-validate your account before 5 p.m. or incoming mail will be blocked. Read the story, inspect identity clues, leave the message path, then report or delete. The common shortcut is to ask only “could this be real?” rather than “would a real team ask me to solve it this way?” Before Mailbox warning looks scary, logo seems normal, temptation is to click quickly “just to check.” After Mailbox warning becomes a four-step workflow: story, identity, path, report. 1. Read the story Claim: your mailbox will stop receiving mail today. Pressure: hard deadline at 5…

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