Fraud prevention via distinctive URL display

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate performance of the following:

• receiving a first input for selecting a link associated with an address;
• identifying a first element of the address that corresponds to a domain component of the address, wherein the address further comprises a second element that comprises one or more components of the address other than the domain component, the second element comprising a first portion and a second portion;
• determining that the first element together with the second element do not fit in an address bar of a browser being displayed on a screen;
• and
• in response to determining that the first element of the address and the second element of the address do not fit in the address bar, displaying, in the address bar of the browser, the first element of the address, the first portion of the second element of the address, and an ellipsis indication of the second portion of the second element of the address, wherein the first element of the address is visually distinguished from the first portion of the second element of the address;
• wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, further facilitate performance of the following:
• receiving a second input;
• and
• in response to the received second input, displaying additional content of the address:
• wherein displaying the additional content of the address corresponds to displaying a view of the address in its entirety, wherein the second portion of the second element of the address is displayed in full together with the first portion of the second element of the address and the first element of the address.

A method for displaying an address, comprising:

• receiving, by a computer, a first input for selecting a link associated with the address;
• identifying, by the computer, a first element of the address that corresponds to a domain component of the address, wherein the address further comprises a second element that comprises one or more components of the address other than the domain component, the second element comprising a first portion and a second portion;
• determining, by the computer, that the first element of the address and the second element of the address do not fit in an address bar of a browser being displayed on a screen of the computer;
• and
• in response to determining that the first element of the address and the second element of the address do not fit in the address bar, displaying, by the computer, in the address bar of the browser, the first element of the address, the first portion of the second element of the address, and an ellipsis indication of the second portion of the second element of the address, wherein the first element of the address is visually distinguished from the first portion of the second element of the address,
• wherein the method further comprises:
• receiving, by the computer, a second input;
• and
• in response to the received second input, displaying, by the computer, additional content of the address;
• wherein displaying the additional content of the address corresponds to displaying a view of the address in its entirety, wherein the second portion of the second element of the address is displayed in full together with the first portion of the second element of the address and the first element of the address.