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Check the sender address rather than the display name
Spot phishing emails by checking the real sender address instead of just the display name.
- Time
- ⏱ 1 min
- Difficulty
- ◆ easy
How to do it
- Ignore the display name and look at the actual address.
- Check whether the email address matches the named sender.
- If they don't match, don't reply to the email and don't open it.
Variations
- Forged sender addresses can also be checked via the email header.
Sources
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- verbraucherzentrale-niedersachsen.de (opens in a new tab)
Prüfen Sie, ob die E-Mail-Adresse und der genannte Absender übereinstimmen.
