How can I distinguish between genuine and fraudulent Stamped email?
Spammers will always be able to create email that appears similar to genuine Stamped Mail, but they cannot create the cryptographic information contained in the stamp. If you use OIV software to get your mail, genuine Stamped Mail is automatically recognized and labeled. If you use web based email or an ordinary email program on your computer, the way you open Stamped Mail is to click a web link. Since this link could point to any web site (rather than the OIV Mail server), clicking the link in a fraudulent Stamped Mail would take you to a web page controlled by the creator of the fraudulent Stamped Mail. This is no different than the mislabeled web links in other fraudulent emails. However… OIV Mail contains a fixed three letter code unique to you, on the envelope. There is no easy way an outsider can know this three letter recognition code. When you use the web link method to open Stamped Mail, you should avoid opening mail in which this three letter recognition code is incorrect o
