Pls am new hear I need useful advice on how to avoid phising sites
1. First, you need to be cautious of all types of information on social networks. Not all are true so consider before sharing it with others.
2. As soon as you read a headline or news, if in doubt, use the search engine to cross-check. If one thing really is serious, you can see that a large number of newspapers and news agencies will not be able to "sit still" without giving any information. Maybe, it's just a sarcasm.
3. Check the URL. If it's too weird, think again. For example, if you read a news story that tells the president not to sing the national anthem at a major US sporting event, it's obviously a problem when it comes from the web that is called .com.de.
4. Be careful with the category of photos attached to the link on Facebook. It is always a factor that encourages the user to click on the link, even though you may not find it in the article, the news that you are reading. Take a screenshot of the image, trim it to fit just the image and use Google Image to see what it really is coming from.
Good luck