Avoiding Phishing Scams: How to See the Full Email Address of the Sender of a Message in your Inbox Phishing Scams often occur when someone fakes the identity of someone you know by using their name with a different email address. You can check the email address before opening a message. Gmail Can Display the Full Email Address of a Sender In Gmail's Inbox,hover over the sender's name to see their email address displayed. Confirm that the email address is one you are familiar with before you click on the message. Check if a Mail Message is Authenticated If you see a question mark next to the sender's name, the message isn't authenticated. When an email isn't authenticated, that means Gmail doesn't know if the message is coming from the person who appears to be sending it. If you see this, be careful about replying or downloading any attachments. See this webpage on how to check Gmail messages. Trace an email with its full headers In Gmail you can see where the email came from by looking at its headers, including how it got from the sender to the recipient's mail servers. Here are the instructions to see the full headers of the email. If you receive any suspicious emails, it is best not to click on them, and never click on their embedded links or attachments. Instead, send a message to "help@meadowbrook-ma.org" to let the tech department know and we will help you with it. Apple's Suggestions for Avoiding Phishing Schemes Here's instructions from Apple computer about ways to avoid phishing schemes.