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PSA: Watch out for ultra-convincing phishing emails from Google & PayPal

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/04/Watch-out-for-ultra-convincing-phishing-emails-from-Google-PayPal.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p>Detecting scam emails is getting increasingly difficult as attackers use more and more sophisticated methods. A new report highlights a method which makes fake <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">security[/url] alerts from <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/google/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google[/url] and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/paypal/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PayPal[/url] look extremely convincing.</p>



<p>It reinforces the need to apply a simple but effective safeguard anytime you receive what seems to be an important email requiring your immediate attention …</p>



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