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A fake Verizon email shows an odd greeting, says to act now and asks for your personal details.
Verizon’s page on phishing lists the signs of a fake message, and says Verizon will never ask for personal or account information by email or text message. The email below is invented, and each number is one of the signs.
Example
Hello valued user,
Your bill for this month is ready.
Your account will be closed if you do not act now.
Confirm your name, date of birth and card number to keep your service.
The button says verizon.com/account
The address is overly long and ends in someone else's domain.
Verizon says to remember the most important part of the email address is the last part, and that an address that is overly long, uses odd characters or contains typos is a warning sign.
An unfamiliar greeting.
Verizon lists an unfamiliar greeting, grammar errors, misspelled words and sloppy layout among the signs of a fake.
Language that invokes fear if you don't act now.
Verizon says the email uses language that attempts to invoke fear if the recipient doesn't "act now."
A request for your name, date of birth and card number.
Verizon says it will never ask for personal or account information by email or text message.
A button that says verizon.com and goes somewhere else.
The label on a button is not the address it opens. Verizon says you can forward a suspicious email to phishing@verizon.com.
From Verizon: Phishing, read 8 November 2026.
Read the sender's address from the right, because the last two parts say who owns it.
Anyone can put “Verizon” in front of an address. The part to read is the domain, after the @ in a sender or after the https:// in a link. Read it from the right: the last two parts name the owner, and everything in front of them is only a label the owner chose. Verizon’s security pages are at www.verizon.com, and the owner of that address is verizon.com. Verizon says the most important part of the email address is the last part, and that it is unlikely a large company will send emails from @gmail.com.
Read the domain from the right
www.verizon.com
From VerizonOwned by verizon.com. This is the address of Verizon's own security pages.
verizon.com.account-confirm.example
Not from VerizonOwned by account-confirm.example. verizon.com is only a label in front of it.
verizon-bill-desk.example
Not from VerizonOwned by verizon-bill-desk.example. The name has Verizon in it, but the owner is someone else.
From Verizon: Phishing, read 8 November 2026.
Verizon says it will never ask for personal or account information by email or text message.
Verizon’s two pages on phishing and smishing give short rules for the emails and texts that use its name. A fake account notice breaks at least one of them.
| Question | What Verizon says | What a fake account notice does |
|---|---|---|
| Will Verizon ask for personal or account information by email? | What Verizon saysVerizon says it will never ask for personal or account information by email or text message. | What a fake account notice doesAsks you to confirm your name, date of birth and card number. |
| Does a message out of the blue mean anything? | What Verizon saysVerizon says a message that appears random and unprompted, and doesn't relate to anything you did recently online, is a warning sign. | What a fake account notice doesA bill notice you were not expecting. |
| Does the email sound frightening? | What Verizon saysVerizon says language that attempts to invoke fear if the recipient doesn't "act now" is a warning sign. | What a fake account notice doesThreatens to close your account. |
| Which part of the sender's address counts? | What Verizon saysVerizon says the most important part of the email address is the last part, and that it is unlikely a large company will send emails from @gmail.com. | What a fake account notice doesA long address that ends in a domain that is not Verizon's. |
| What about a text? | What Verizon saysVerizon lists a text that is random, pressures you to act right away, has spelling mistakes, comes from an odd sender number or contains a suspicious link, which it calls a huge warning sign. | What a fake account notice doesA text with a link about a prize or a package problem. |
From Verizon: Phishing, read 8 November 2026.
From Verizon: Smishing and spam text messages, read 8 November 2026.
Verizon says to forward the email to phishing@verizon.com, then delete it immediately.
Verizon gives one address for a suspicious email and one short code for a suspicious text, and says to delete the message after you send it.
How to report a fake Verizon message
- Forward the email
To phishing@verizon.com.
Verizon says you can forward the email to phishing@verizon.com.
- Report the text
To 7726, which spells SPAM.
Verizon says to report a suspicious text to S-P-A-M (7726).
- Delete it
Delete it immediately.
Verizon says to send a spam email or text to Verizon, then delete it immediately.
From Verizon: Phishing, read 8 November 2026.
From Verizon: Smishing and spam text messages, read 8 November 2026.
Five steps tell you whether a Verizon email is real without clicking anything.
- Do not reply and do not type any details. Verizon says it will never ask for personal or account information by email or text message, and calls a suspicious link in a text a huge warning sign.
- Read the sender’s actual address from the right, as in the picture above. Verizon says the most important part of the address is the last part.
- Check your account by opening Verizon’s site or app yourself. The FTC says to contact a company using a phone number or website you know is real, not the information in the email.
- Paste the email into the checker at the top of this page for a second read.
- Forward the email to phishing@verizon.com, or report a suspicious text to 7726, then delete it. In Gmail you can also choose More next to Reply, then Report phishing.
Steps from Verizon: Phishing, read 8 November 2026.
Steps from FTC Consumer Advice: How To Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams, read 8 November 2026.
Steps from Gmail Help: Avoid & report phishing emails, read 8 November 2026.
If you clicked a Verizon phishing email, Verizon says to contact it so it can help secure your account.
Verizon says that if you click on a Verizon phishing email, you should contact it to help secure your account. It also says to reach out to any financial institutions or other services you believe may be impacted. The FTC says that if something may have downloaded, you should update your computer’s security software and run a scan.
What to do depends on what you did
You only read it.
Forward it to phishing@verizon.com, then delete it immediately.
You clicked.
Contact Verizon to help secure your account. If something may have downloaded, update your computer's security software and run a scan.
You gave account or card details.
Reach out to any financial institutions or other services you think may be affected, then follow the steps at IdentityTheft.gov for what you shared.
From Verizon: Phishing, read 8 November 2026.
From FTC Consumer Advice: What To Do if You Were Scammed, read 8 November 2026.
From FTC Consumer Advice: How To Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams, read 8 November 2026.
The same checks work on other phone and cable bills.
A billing notice can borrow the name of any provider. The guide to fake AT&T emails covers a past-due bill with a zip file, and the guide to fake Xfinity emails covers a threat to delete your account. The holiday scam emails guide puts the kinds side by side.
These are the questions people ask next.
How can I tell a real Verizon email from a fake one?
Verizon lists these signs: the message appears random and unprompted, the sender's address is overly long, uses odd characters or contains typos, the language tries to invoke fear if you don't act now, and there is an unfamiliar greeting, grammar errors, misspelled words or sloppy layout. It says it is unlikely a large company will send emails from @gmail.com.
What does Verizon say it will never ask for?
Verizon says it will never ask for personal or account information by email or text message.
Which part of the sender's address matters?
Verizon says the most important part of the email address is the last part. A long address that ends in a domain you don't recognize is a warning sign, however much Verizon appears earlier in it.
Where do I report a fake Verizon email or text?
Verizon says you can forward the email to phishing@verizon.com or report a suspicious text to S-P-A-M (7726). You can also report it to the Federal Trade Commission. Verizon says to delete a spam email or text immediately after you send it. In Gmail you can also choose More next to Reply, then Report phishing.
How do I spot a fake Verizon text?
Verizon's page on smishing lists five red flags: a message that is random or unrelated to you, pressure to act right away, spelling and grammar mistakes, odd sender numbers or long, strange email addresses, and a link. It calls a suspicious link in a text a huge warning sign.
What should I do if I clicked or gave my details?
Verizon says that if you click on a Verizon phishing email, you should contact it to help secure your account. It also says to reach out to any financial institutions or other services you believe may be impacted.
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