1 Keep an Eye out for Formatting

In our final example, we offer another suspicious message allegedly sent from PayPal, specifically from a bizarre address “supports@23DSNBFNMSDBFHJGVN.live.com.” A sender like that should raise some serious red flags, but also notice the formatting of the email.

Those who’ve actively used PayPal in recently months will know that the formatting and imagery presented in this particular message doesn’t look anything like the company’s newly designed outgoing e-mail messages. Also, the e-mail refers to us by our @hotmail.com e-mail address — and not by our full names or our business.

As noted earlier, the terrible grammar found in the headline of the email is another glaring indication this email is fraudulent.