Could You Outsmart An Internet Scammer?

AT first glance, this seems like a legitimate email. It has the Facebook design, colours, and logo. But when you take a closer look, you realise it's not actually from Facebook. Major social networking websites and online companies will never ask for sensitive information via email. Also, Facebook email notifications have a personalisation feature that includes your name, whereas phishing emails are general - for example, here it only identifies you as 'Facebook User.' Finally, the dead giveaway that this is a phishing email is the sender's address, which ends in 'facebookmail.com' - not a legitimate Facebook domain name.

Everything about this looks legitimate at first glance. The email makes sense, it comes from a PayPal address and even has a lot of complicated numbers that make it seem like it might be a legit email. But, look at the address that shows up where the cursor is hovered over 'Remove Limitation.' PayPal doesn't use URL shorteners: this is a massive red flag that should tell you this is a scam. If you fall for it and click on the button, you get taken to a replica of the PayPal log in page, where you're invited to log in...giving the scammers access to your PayPal account.

There are several tell-tale signs that this is a phishing email. The word 'credit' is misspelt. PayPal emails normally never include links to log in by - they paste them in the email so you can cut and paste them into your browser, or they do not include them at all. And finally, check out the destination URL at the bottom of the image...you're definitely not being taken to PayPal! The website this will take you to is com-stz.info. Although the address contains the word 'PayPal', the cybercriminals didn't do a very convincing job, as it's misspelt.

The correct answer is "Real." This suggests that the given question is asking whether something is a phishing attempt or if it is genuine. Without any additional context or information, it is not possible to provide a specific explanation for why the answer is "Real."

The given answer "Real" suggests that the question is asking whether something is genuine or authentic. Without any additional context or information, it is difficult to determine what exactly is being referred to as "real." It could be referring to an email, a website, a product, or any other item or concept.

The given answer "Real" suggests that the question is asking whether something is genuine or authentic rather than referring to a phishing attempt. Without further context, it is unclear what exactly is being referred to as "real", but it implies that the item or situation being discussed is legitimate and not fake or fraudulent.

The correct answer is "Real" because the question is asking whether something is a phish or real, and the answer indicates that it is real.