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Joined: Thu, Aug 9 2012, 9:19 am EDT Posts: 884
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Posted: Sun, Sep 27 2015, 9:23 am EDT Post subject: How to tell an account stealing email |
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I received this email this morning from PayPal. This is what the email looks like on my iPad:
It looked so convincing that I almost clicked the red (highlighted) link to dispute
the charge (because I did not buy the item).
Puzzled, I tapped the "From: PayPal" to reveal the sender's email address (see below):
I saw immediately that this is a fake email trying to steal my account, because the sener's email address is not from PayPal!
In short, don't trust the sener's name (in this case, PayPal, which can be faked). Always check sender's email address.
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