But there is one clue in the body of the message that should raise red flags: they didn’t use my name anywhere in the message. They got the graphics all right and there’s no obvious typos. I admit that this one looks pretty convincing.
Also note the sender email address - clearly not PayPal.
In Mac OS, you can point to a link to see its URL. It was simple: I looked at the links before clicking them and saw that they led to a site that wasn’t PayPal. In fact, I got two - to two different email addresses, neither of which have ever been used for PayPal.īut that’s not what tipped me off to this being a scam. This one tells you to confirm your email address.ĭid you get an email message from PayPal today? One asking you to confirm your email address?
