With so many emails sent every day, it can be hard to distinguish between legitimate communications and malicious emails. Email validation is a way to double-check an email address and confirm that it belongs to a real person or business. In this article, we will discuss a few simple tips that anyone can use to make sure that email is real.
Confirm the Legitimacy of Any Email Address
The quickest way to check an email is to hover over the “from” display name to see what pops up (hovering is moving your pointer over the information you want to verify). Attackers are quite good at spoofing emails and will often change letters in the email to create confusion. This can be as small as changing an upper to lower case letter (“mrn” instead of “m” or “jOHnSmITH” instead of johnsmith) or switching letters in the middle of the address, adding extra dots or substituting a domain extension like.com for.co.
Another important tip is to look for the company’s website on Google. Scammers will often set up fake websites to trick you into giving them your personal details or money. If a website is suspicious, search it online using Google to find out if it’s legitimate or not.
Finally, never give out your personal details to an unsolicited email. If someone claims to be a friend and asks for your passwords or bank account information, don’t reply or give it out. Scammers use this kind of information to hack your accounts or to steal your identity.
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