Spotting spam emails

Thanks for that JessM its an awful shame that such a good tool as those mentioned can be used for such improper mean's.
I never open any thing unless I am expecting it,I know what date my BT bill comes on line etc,but the use of such convincing logo's do trick some people to follow link's which can lead to problems.

The other side of the coin is that I nearly deleted a post from a stranger, with an attachment, because I did not recognise the name and the subject was not enlightening. I remembered in time that someone else had said that they would get something sent to me so I took a cautious look, and it was, indeed, what I was expecting. A better choice of subject line would have helped.

Good point elegran

Not sure if you can do this on a windowspc, but on a mac you can mouse over links to see what they really are.

But the safest bet is, just immediately delete ANY emails that purport to be from banks or other financial wotsits, unless you've done something such as just changed your password on paypal or something and are expecting one.

Any actually important communications from banks or financial institutions ought to come by snail mail. Bin the rest.

oh yes Paypal copies are another one

I've had a few recently saying there's been a problem with my Skype payment by paypal. Yeah, right. Don't have Skype.

Another clue is when fifty copies of the same damn thing turn up!
50 from 'DHL', 50 from 'UPS', 50 from 'Vodaphone' - and all in one day!

It can also be useful to look at the sender's email address.

If your email comes from [email protected], that would suggest that something isn't quite right!

I had a couple of Skype calls recently which were automated messages re security. I declined to accept them and have heard nothing since. They just didn't seem right.

Ella46 I have been getting Skype rubbish. If you don't know the name block it right away. Skype is personalised, you would only want to talk live to persons you know. Same with emails from persons you have never had contact with.

And Linkedin.

Just had the BT one today. Hope it hasn't done anything