Reαd carefully: how to spot - and avoid - a homoglyph attack

Many scams have near-identical URLs but a closer look reveals a cyrillic letter, which offers a world of difference between legit and scam. Many scams have near-identical URLs but a closer look reveals a cyrillic letter, which offers a world of difference between legit and scam. Scam watch Scams Reαd carefully: how to spot – and avoid – a homoglyph attack Scam emails are increasingly using psychological tricks, such as using near-identical URLs like miсrosoft.com

Hilary Osborne Sun 20 Sep 2026 02.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 20 Sep 2026 09.14 EDT Share Prefer the Guardian on Google Y ou’ve read the email carefully and it looks legitimate. The link it asks you to click on has none of the usual red flags: there are no weird numbers or extra parts to the URL. You feel safe to proceed.