Patent ID: 8621614

Claim:
One or more computer-readable device having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for alerting a user of a potentially phishing email upon the user accessing an account via a non-web mail client, the method comprising: receiving a digital communication at the non-web mail client associated with the user, wherein the non-web mail client has no association with a service provider; incident to identifying the digital communication as a potentially phishing email, appending a metadata tag to the digital communication; placing the tagged digital communication in a first storage location that is dedicated to persist digital communications that are identified as potentially phishing emails, wherein the first storage location provides a physical memory location separate from a second storage location that persists digital communications identified as legitimate; and presenting a visual representation of the first storage location to the user upon the user accessing the account via the non-web mail client, wherein the visual representation provides an indication to the user that one or more potentially phishing emails have arrived at the user's account.