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Scammers’ email addresses can often be identified by one of the following: A suspicious domain, often one similar to the company they’re trying to impersonate (such as “paypal1.com” for a scammer impersonating PayPal). The domain may also be completely unrelated to the person or company.A suspicious username, often similar to a real username (like “contact12” for a scammer impersonating a company’s customer service). The email may also be a random combination of words or numbers.An unbranded email domain, such as gmail.com. While some legitimate inquiries will come from unbranded email address

Another common scam tactic is to send you links to malicious websites that often impersonate real sites like PayPal or banks. Similar to the email addresses we discussed earlier, they'll have domains that either imitate the sites they’re copying or that make no sense at all. Always review the URLs of any links you receive to see if they're legit before clicking.