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    Re: WARNING: Paypal fraud! —Jonathan Wilson
   (...) I have found that its a good idea to just ignore any emails from paypal or most banks. If its important enough that they need to tell you, they will tell you via some other means. (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: WARNING: Paypal fraud! —Lindsay Frederick Braun
   (...) It also helps that some mail programs (Eudora, for example) will actually warn you if a link in an email directs you away from the supposed originating site. That's a good way to spot them. Also, it often helps that these phishing emails are (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: WARNING: Paypal fraud! —Geoffrey Hyde
   I usually run it through spamcop if I'm not sure, although it is so easy to spot the fakes that it's hardly more than a verification that the email is indeed fraudulent. (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
 

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