Did you know that you have an easy phishing scam detection tool? Yes, you do! It is called "your eyes"!
Today I got a nice phishing scam. Here it is:
Cyan–colored rectangles are mine. They are created by my "scam detection tool".
What do they tell you? That typography is inconsistent. You do not even have to read this e–mail to understand that it is not from Google. Just look: missing spaces here, unnecessary spaces there, missing punctuation. Scam.
This message is still more clever than a typical "YOU WON 1000000000€ SEND YOUR MAIL SEX ADDRESS".
So next time when you get a message from Google or Apple, watch the typography. Bad typography is the first sign of scam.
Today I got a nice phishing scam. Here it is:
What do they tell you? That typography is inconsistent. You do not even have to read this e–mail to understand that it is not from Google. Just look: missing spaces here, unnecessary spaces there, missing punctuation. Scam.
This message is still more clever than a typical "YOU WON 1000000000€ SEND YOUR MAIL SEX ADDRESS".
So next time when you get a message from Google or Apple, watch the typography. Bad typography is the first sign of scam.

