How do you spot a phishing email written by AI?

AI-written phishing emails are now nearly perfect — no spelling errors, professional tone, and urgency that makes you click. The only way to catch them is to check the sender's email address, never click links in unexpected emails, and verify requests with a phone call to the company.

Phishing emails used to be obvious — bad spelling, broken English, and obvious red flags. Now AI writes them perfectly. An AI can write a convincing email that looks like it came from your bank, asking you to 'confirm your account information' or 'verify your payment method.' The email flows naturally, sounds professional, and creates just enough urgency to make you act without thinking. The trick is that AI's perfection is sometimes a giveaway — the tone might be slightly too formal or the urgency slightly too manufactured. But the real defense isn't reading carefully. It's never clicking links in unexpected emails. Always go directly to the company's website or call them.