An Example Phishing Email Scam

To the left is an example phishing email scam. There are many warning signs within this email, as listed below.

• The sender is pretending to be from PayPal, but the email is NOT a valid PayPal email. If it was a legitimate PayPal email the email domain would be something like “@paypal.com”
• The subject of the email starts off with “Re:” which stands for “Reply”, why would PayPal be replying to an email to you?
• There is a sense of urgency and threatens that it will disable your account
• The email is trying to get you to click on an “authenticate now” button, which is unusual
• The sender is pretending PayPal, but the PayPal logo is fake
• The introduction and sign-off of the email is vague and unusual