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Is this PayPal email real?

Paste the sender’s address. We check it against what PayPal publishes about its own email, and flag look-alike domains and free mailboxes pretending to be PayPal.

Sends from

PayPal doesn’t publish its sending addresses. Its own domains include paypal.com, paypal.co.uk.

Never asks

PayPal only asks for your password on its own login page, and never asks you to share a tracking number by email.

Report it

Forward the email to phishing@paypal.com, then delete it.

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What PayPal says about its email

PayPal

paypal.com · paypal.co.uk · paypal.de · +5

Sends from

PayPal doesn’t publish its sending addresses. Use the checks on the right instead.

How to check

  • PayPal emails address you by your first and last name, or by your business name — never “Dear user” or “Hello PayPal member”.
  • To check a notice, log in to PayPal yourself instead of using the email’s links.

Never asks

  • PayPal only asks for your password on its own login page, and never asks you to share a tracking number by email.

Report it

  • Forward the email to phishing@paypal.com, then delete it.

Sources: PayPal Help: How do I spot a fake, fraudulent, or phishing PayPal email or website? · PayPal: Phishing and spoof emails

Got the whole email? An address can be faked. Paste its headers to see whether it really came from PayPal’s domain.

Questions

What email address does PayPal use?

PayPal doesn’t publish a list of the addresses it sends from. Its own domains include paypal.com, paypal.co.uk, paypal.de.

Is an email from a PayPal address always real?

No. The From address can be forged. Whether a message really came from PayPal’s domain is shown by the DMARC result in its headers — paste them into our Email Header Analyzer to check.

What will PayPal never ask for in an email?

PayPal only asks for your password on its own login page, and never asks you to share a tracking number by email.

How do I report a fake PayPal email?

Forward the email to phishing@paypal.com, then delete it.

How do I check an email from PayPal safely?

PayPal emails address you by your first and last name, or by your business name — never “Dear user” or “Hello PayPal member”. To check a notice, log in to PayPal yourself instead of using the email’s links.

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