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Typosquatting (look-alike domains)

A fake website or email address whose name is one letter off from a real one, hoping you won't notice the typo.

Typosquatting means registering a web address that looks almost like a real one: paypa1.com with a number one, amazon-support.net, or micros0ft.com. Scammers use these names in links and sender addresses because a quick glance reads them as the real brand. Read the address letter by letter, and when in doubt, type the real site yourself instead of clicking. See also phishing. Fishi spots look-alike domains for you: forward the email to check@fishi.email.