Is this email a scam?

If an email made you stop and wonder, that instinct deserves a proper answer. These three checks settle it in under a minute.

Illustration of a phishing email stealing login credentials

1. Check where it really came from

The display name is free to fake — the address behind it isn't. Tap the sender's name to reveal the full address: your bank mailing you from a gmail.com account, or from a lookalike domain with extra words, answers the question on its own.

2. Judge the ask, not the look

Logos, footers, and layouts are copied pixel for pixel. What real companies never do by email: ask for your password or a code, request card details, or demand you 'verify your account' through their link within 24 hours. Urgency plus a threat is the shape of a scam.

3. Never use the email's own doors

Don't click its links, don't call its numbers — those lead wherever the sender wants. Open the app or type the website address yourself. If the message is real, the same alert will be waiting in your account.