Treat with caution
Our AI analyst read the message body and judged it likely to be phishing.
MalwareTips analyst · message material
advance_feeThis email uses a classic inheritance scam narrative to initiate contact under the guise of a legal matter.
- Uses a vague and unsolicited inheritance-related narrative to solicit personal contact information.
- Lacks professional contact details or verifiable credentials for the purported legal matter.
- Contains repetitive text blocks suggesting a template-based or automated mass-mailing approach.
- Displays signs of being blocked by security filters, indicating a history of malicious activity.
Do not reply to this email or provide any personal information. Delete the message immediately.
Every scoring adjustment, in dominance order. Shows exactly how we got from 100 to the final trust number.
Why this verdict
100 → 61The 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: 61.
- AI analyst flagged 85% phishing likelihood (advance_fee).ai_phishing_detected-43
- Screenshot OCR + visual pass flagged 75/100 phishing risk: The email uses a classic 'inheritance scam' narrative, attempting to initiate contact under the guise of a legal or estate matter. The lack of specific sender credentials and the automated security warning regarding the sender's status are significant indicators of potential social engineering.screenshot_phishing_visual-23
- Domain has been registered for over 16 years.domain_longstanding+15
- Domain publishes strong authentication policy: DMARC p=reject · SPF hard-fail.dmarc_reject_enforced+15
- AI analyst flagged 40% spam likelihood.ai_spam_detected-6
Display name, domain reputation, and authentication checks for the From address.
Display-name impersonation
NO BRAND CLAIMThe display name doesn't resemble any of the top phished brands we track — this isn't a brand-impersonation attempt.
Brand-lookalike radar
okNo typosquat or homoglyph match against the top 50 phished brands.
Domain age
ok- RegisteredApr 29, 2010long-established (10+ years)
- Age5935 days
- RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
Signals extracted from the message body, embedded URLs, and uploaded screenshot.
Screenshot vision analysis
VISUAL · 75/100The email uses a classic 'inheritance scam' narrative, attempting to initiate contact under the guise of a legal or estate matter. The lack of specific sender credentials and the automated security warning regarding the sender's status are significant indicators of potential social engineering.
- unsolicited estate-related inquiry
- vague sender identity
- lack of professional contact details
- email blocked by security filter
MX records, deliverability probe, provider classification, and DNS blocklists.
Deliverability
ok- RFC 5322 syntax valid
- 1 MX record publishedmail.iheartpoland.com
- SMTP probe · unknown — SMTP probe disabled (set SMTP_PROBE_ENABLED=true to enable)
Provider classification
okNot on our disposable-provider list and not a recognised consumer freemail (Gmail / Outlook / Yahoo etc.) — likely a custom domain.
DNS blocklists
okClean across all 3 blocklists checked (SURBL, Spamhaus DBL, URIBL).
Breach history for this address and the structural identity of the sending domain.
Breach exposure (HIBP)
okHIBP_API_KEY not configured