Check the sender's actual email address, not the display name

Before clicking anything in an email, look at the actual sender address (not just the display name). Phishing emails often show "Apple Support" or "Your Bank" as the name but come from addresses like support@app1e-verify.com. Hover over the sender name to reveal the real email address.

Why It Works

Display names are trivially easy to fake. The actual email domain is much harder to spoof convincingly. A legitimate email from your bank will come from @yourbank.com, never from a random or misspelled domain.

Tips

• Watch for lookalike characters: "rn" instead of "m", "1" instead of "l", "0" instead of "o"
• On mobile, tap the sender name to expand the full email address
• If in doubt, do not click any links — go directly to the company's website by typing the URL yourself