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Originally Posted by Sscamatt
When u click on the link does it bring your to somewhere that is "http://www.fedex.com/*******" or somewhere else?
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Whether or not the domain name *looks* ok should not be relied upon. There are "international" characters that look VERY similar or identical to normal A-Z 1-9 characters. This can be used to accomplish what is called IDN spoofing where are domain that looks identical to the ligitimate one is registered and used for spoofing. Depending on your browser you may or may not susciptable to this sort of attack.
If you really want to know whether a domain is legit, you need to resolve it to an IP address and compare it to the IP of the real one.
Emails can be even more easily spoofed. NEVER rely on where an email appears to come from.