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This is how to be test whether such messages are probably fake. 1. be sure your Status bar is turned on in your email program or browser program. {use it's HELP facility to find out how to do that}. The Status bar is usually at the bottom of the Email or browser window and shows messages such as "Connecting to" or "Done". 2. Hover your mouse over every link in the suspect message. The target web page will be shown in the status bar. 3. If the target address does not look like what you expect from the main text of the message (e.g. AppleStore.com for the above message) then the message is a fake. A fairly sure sign that a URL is fake is if the URL contains the "@" sign in the middle of the address. If a URL contains the "@" sign, the browser ignores everything to the left of the link. For example, if you go to a Web site that is www.paypal@150.44.134.189, you are not going to the Paypal site at all. Legitimate sites and companies use a domain name as part of their name rather than the "@" sign. A dead giveaway for a fake URL or a fake Web site is basic spelling mistakes in the Web address itself. Some URLs look very much like the name of a well-known company, but there may be letters transposed or left out. An example might be "mircosoft.com" instead of "microsoft.com." These slight differences can be easy to miss, and that's what phishers are counting on. The popular Paypal site is a common target for phishers and scammers. Even if a URL contains the word "paypal," it may not be the authentic Paypal site. Some common URLs that will NOT lead you to the real Paypal site are: www.paypalsecure.com and www.paypal@accounts.com. Bill.
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