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Hi Leon
I occasionally receive e-mails from so-called banks, stores and financial institutions that I have never dealt with and because I have never interacted with them, I just drag them into my Spam folder without even looking at them in the Reading Pane – I just see the Subject Line in the Header.
I understand that if the e-mail also contains some type of active content, such as logos or images, when you view the e-mail body text in the Reading Pane it may indicate that you have viewed the content, so I never view these in the Reading Pane.
Basically, these ratbags have somehow harvested your e-mail address and just send these fake e-mails out, hoping that someone will bite.
Sometimes, when a certain bona fide bill is due and I receive an authentic e-mail invoice, or when I have actually made an on-line purchase from a reputable supplier, by sheer coincidence a scam e-mail may arrive, and sometimes the social engineering and content appear quite authentic, forcing me to pause and think quite clearly to identify it as a scam. If in doubt - take your time and establish the facts, think it through and don't click anything if you are in a rush.
Generally, if an e-mail threatens you with e.g. cutting off a service and doesn’t have other data such as your real name, then I would treat it as highly suspicious.
Cheers
Dennis
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