How to Spot a Fake Email
Fake emails flood American inboxes every day, but digital forensics experts say they can be easy to spot - or create, if you know the tricks. Using a regular email program, fraudsters can create emails that appear to come from any address they want in a few minutes. Scammers use the same tricks to fool victims into thinking emails are coming from their bank, or from a friend who urgently needs money transferred to a bank account after being mugged abroad. The trick in exposing what's fake or real is to obtain an electronic copy of the email and look at the "internet headers." These can be revealed by clicking on email options in the program you use. They will reveal the real email and IP addresses used to send the message.
~ Sydney Morning Herald
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