Tier · suspicious
Verdict

Treat with caution

Our AI analyst read the message body and judged it likely to be phishing.

support_at_e_cardcrush_com_d7f7q3z1j7k4n3_j6g52305@icloud.com
At a glance
AI · 45% phishingDNSBL · 1 list
Risk score
38
/ 100
suspicious
AI analyst

MalwareTips analyst · message material

generic_spam

The email originates from a personal iCloud account and contains a long, obfuscated tracking link.

Phishing likelihood45%
Spam likelihood80%
Red flags identified
  • Sender address uses a personal iCloud account to send what appears to be commercial or automated content.
  • The URL is unusually long and uses a third-party marketing platform domain, which is common for tracking but often used to mask final destinations.
  • The email lacks a clear subject line or professional branding, which is inconsistent with legitimate transactional or marketing communications.
What to do

Do not click the link provided in the email. Mark the message as spam and delete it from your inbox.

Why this verdict

Every scoring adjustment, in dominance order. Shows exactly how we got from 100 to the final trust number.

Why this verdict

10062

The scorer starts every address at 100 trust and applies each signal below in turn. Negative deltas are penalties (red), positive deltas are bonuses (emerald). Final clamped trust: 62.

  • AI analyst flagged 45% phishing likelihood (generic_spam).
    ai_phishing_detected
    -23
  • Listed on 1 DNSBL: URIBL.
    dnsbl_listed
    -15
  • AI analyst flagged 80% spam likelihood.
    ai_spam_detected
    -12
  • Domain publishes strong authentication policy: DMARC p=quarantine · SPF none.
    auth_dns_published
    +7
  • Sender uses a well-known free-mail provider (icloud).
    free_provider
    +5
Sender identity

Display name, domain reputation, and authentication checks for the From address.

Display-name impersonation

NO BRAND CLAIM

The display name doesn't resemble any of the top phished brands we track — this isn't a brand-impersonation attempt.

Brand-lookalike radar

ok

No typosquat or homoglyph match against the top 50 phished brands.

Domain age

ok

well-known free provider — age check skipped

Content evidence

Signals extracted from the message body, embedded URLs, and uploaded screenshot.

Links extracted from this email

1 shown

Each link was scored against a host-level suspicion heuristic. Click Scan link to run our full URL scanner on the destination — it'll show our verdict alongside Google Safe Browsing, VirusTotal, URLhaus, and the others.

  • cdn.uk.exponea.com
    /cardrush-prod/e/.eJwTUuCXEZ9QdWDa6lOTq-dIflrzRe_gheRjIX8uXJe_e6zvxd4EKbmMkpKCYit9_fLycr3kxKKU5KLS4gy95Pxc_Yz83FRDY1E9sYo1txytBLiYSouFuJJy8vNzi1ITkzOsuIEiuUKsqbmJmTlWykBOspCsS2KlgomCroJhcYlCQGlRckZicapCUGpuZl5KalFUgr5-Un5KpX5JYlJOqn4JhF2kX5ICEYk2jMUUxCaCpgXMTcks009MsrQwMkpKMUoyTk00NDc2STWuCQ31dLEyt0i2NE22NNI3NDS0MLawMLasMTMzTjIzMjBKTDZMNU01TcziydSX7Jiaei9aOPBPYgMTCwBIe25k.XC2tHlm3jFtkvw/click
    Host uses multiple subdomainsUnusually long URL
    Suspicion
    10
Infrastructure

MX records, deliverability probe, provider classification, and DNS blocklists.

Deliverability

ok
  • RFC 5322 syntax valid
  • 2 MX records published
    mx01.mail.icloud.commx02.mail.icloud.com
  • SMTP probe · unknownSMTP probe disabled (set SMTP_PROBE_ENABLED=true to enable)

Provider classification

ok

Hosted on the consumer freemail provider icloud. Not a red flag in itself — billions of legitimate users — but do verify identity through other channels for anything sensitive.

DNS blocklists

ok

Listed by 1 of 3 blocklists:

URIBL
Reputation

Breach history for this address and the structural identity of the sending domain.

Breach exposure (HIBP)

ok

HIBP_API_KEY not configured

Sender infrastructure

Domain
icloud.com
Domain age
well-known free provider — age check skipped
Provider
icloud (free)
MX hosts
mx01.mail.icloud.commx02.mail.icloud.com
This report URL contains a SHA-256 hash, while the cached report retains normalized sender components, display name when available, and derived evidence. Raw .eml and screenshot bytes are discarded after extraction. The page is noindex, but anyone with the link may be able to view it; do not submit secrets or confidential messages. If you received this email and are worried, do not click any links and do not reply — verify the sender through a known-good channel.