Ferreting out a fake
Learn to detect phishing scams

eBay, PayPal, and other credit card scams, con'd (page 4)
To view the source code for an email message, right-click the email in the inbox list and choose Properties:
 

Now select the Details tab:
 

From the Details tab, click the Message Source button. Now scroll through the source code for the email until you locate the link you want to check. Keep in mind all that we've learned thus far about ways to disguise a link and you should have no difficulty determining whether the link you've received is valid. It may be a moot point, as both eBay and PayPal urge their members to never click a link found in any eBay or PayPal email. Instead, they recommend directly typing the URL to their site directly into the browser address window. Both also caution that they will never request financial or account information via email, thus any email doing so should be considered suspicious.