Let's have a laugh at the scam emails we are sent

[Stillearly]

Just got this one 

[john luke]

[bob lt]

I no longer have the e-mails as I have retired but I received a series of mails attempting to purchase high tech scientific equipment sent from an orphanage in Nigeria.

[Stillearly]

This made me laugh , look at the sender ...

 

[fygjam]

3 minutes ago, Stillearly said:

This made me laugh , look at the sender ...

 

Yes, always worthwhile checking the headers on suspicious emails.

For the uninitiated, the headers show the email account the email was really sent from, not the display name, which can be anything,  which is what you normally see.

 

[Bazle]

3 hours ago, fygjam said:

For the uninitiated, the headers show the email account the email was really sent from, not the display name, which can be anything,  which is what you normally see.

As a member of the uninitiated, could you tell me how to "check the headers", please.

[fygjam]

2 minutes ago, Bazle said:

As a member of the uninitiated, could you tell me how to "check the headers", please.

It will depend upon your email client. Easiest way is to do a google search.

 

For example searching on "hotmail show headers" returns

Login to Hotmail. Open the message for which you wish to view the headers. When the email opens there will be a down arrow in the top right hand corner of the email where select the “View Message Source” option. A new tab will open in the browser and in that tab will be the header of the message.

Whereas "gmail show headers" returns

 

Gmail: View Email Headers

1. Sign into your email in a web browser.
2. Open the email you want to check the headers for.
3. Next to Reply , click More, the three vertical stacking dots .
4. Click Show original. A page with the email headers will open in a new tab or window.

 

[boydeste]

13 minutes ago, fygjam said:

It will depend upon your email client. Easiest way is to do a google search.

 

For example searching on "hotmail show headers" returns

Login to Hotmail. Open the message for which you wish to view the headers. When the email opens there will be a down arrow in the top right hand corner of the email where select the “View Message Source” option. A new tab will open in the browser and in that tab will be the header of the message.

Whereas "gmail show headers" returns

 

Gmail: View Email Headers

1. Sign into your email in a web browser.
2. Open the email you want to check the headers for.
3. Next to Reply , click More, the three vertical stacking dots .
4. Click Show original. A page with the email headers will open in a new tab or window.

 

Using hotmail on FF I get the sender's addy by hovering the mouse curser over the sender's name. 

Edited February 26, 2020 by boydeste

[Mrmango]

2 hours ago, boydeste said:

Using hotmail on FF I get the sender's addy by hovering the mouse curser over the sender's name. 

Its the same on Google.