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16 minutes ago, MJCM said:

You are right, but you can spoof an email address which easily fools an NON PC Savy user!

 

https://www.proofpoint.com/au/threat-reference/email-spoofing

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing

true as this is it is very hard to fool most mailservers, because despite the email address appearing dfferent, the header info is all wrong/ 

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34 minutes ago, MJCM said:

You are right, but you can spoof an email address which easily fools an NON PC Savy user!

 

https://www.proofpoint.com/au/threat-reference/email-spoofing

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing

After years of receiving phishing emails etc, the email address is always a give away, the name is changed but I can't think of one example where i clicked on the email address and it was correct

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8 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

was it a phishing email?

I think the clue was in their e-mail address

 

[email protected]

 

and

 

Hello ,

Why you need a new password?

Your Password Being Compromised, Stolen In A Data Breach. Wise recommends changing your password

Get a new password

 Your current password will still work.

Thanks,

The Wise Team

 

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Why are they picking on me…

 

Hello ,

Your are sending 310.74 USD to Jhon Thwin's account.

That was really fast. Your money got to Moe Sett Thwin in 30 minutes . And you saved up to 14.96 NZD, too.

Transfer details

Amount:

500 NZD

Rate:

0.6244

 

Same e-mail address as above…

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