How to Check if an Email is Real or Not (Phishing)
I just received this email and noticed it's a phishing email, so I thought I'd explain a few ways to easily check for scam...
American Express Account Suspended Phishing Scam
Here's another phishing scam I received today...
Subject line: "Unusual Activity Detected"
Wow, they love me. This one seems a bit more well crafted than the...
“Your Amazon Web Services Account” Phishing Scam
I received 4-5 of these messages recently and they're a phishing scam.
"We are unable to validate important details about your Amazon WebServices (AWS).
Please Confirm...
IONOS (1&1 Hosting) Phishing Email
Here's another phishing email that showed up. Let me show you how I can tell this is a phishing email:
This one's kind of funny...
Another Amazon AWS Phishing Email
Here's another one I received - these scammers love me:
"Attention required on case 98177469: unsuccessful in charging your credit card for your AWS usage...
Mailchimp Phishing Scam
This one's pretty obvious but let's take a look:
Subject: der Alert MC00534427 : limit applied to your account verify now
OK, that's terrible English, capitalization...
Dropbox Email Phishing Scam
I got another good one... a fake Dropbox email this time. And these guys are stepping up their game a little bit, too.
From: Dropbox
Subject:...
PayPal Phishing Email Scam
Here's another one - and I do report these to spoof@paypal.com so they can try to shut these phishing sites down. You can forward...
