How to read a web link before you click it
The wording of a link can say anything. Reading the real destination is a thirty-second habit that stops most scams.
- On a computer, hover your mouse over the link and read the address shown at the bottom of the screen.
- On a phone, press and hold the link to preview the destination without opening it.
- Read the address from the right of the first single slash back — the domain just before that slash is who you’re really visiting.
- Watch for lookalikes: paypa1.com, micros0ft.com, or a real brand buried in a long string like apple.com.security-check.io.
- If the destination doesn’t clearly belong to the organisation you expected, don’t click it.
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