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SAFERisk Level: 2/10

Legitimate municipal bill notification from Town of Southampton's payment system with strong authentication.

HIGH ConfidenceVerified Municipal

Email Details

From
user@example.com (anonymized)
Subject
New Bill Alert - Unipay
Date
January 21, 2026

Key Findings

  • All authentication checks (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) pass with legitimate sender validation

  • Domain unipayteam.com is well-established (14 years old) with clean security reputation

  • Email appears to be a legitimate municipal bill notification from Town of Southampton

Detailed Analysis

This email appears to be a legitimate bill notification from a municipal payment system. The sender domain has strong technical credentials - it's well-established, passes all authentication checks (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), and shows no security concerns across multiple threat intelligence sources. The content is consistent with standard municipal billing notifications about bill payment.

The email uses professional HTML formatting typical of automated billing systems, includes proper unsubscribe links, and references legitimate municipal payment infrastructure. The links point to unipaygold.unibank.com, which also shows clean security ratings. The technical headers show proper routing through Mailgun (a legitimate email service provider), and the Message-ID format is consistent with automated billing systems.

While the email content appears truncated in the analysis, the available elements show standard billing notification language without urgency tactics, credential requests, or other phishing indicators. The authentication passing with high confidence and the established domain age strongly support this being legitimate municipal correspondence.

Recommended Actions

  • Email can be treated as legitimate - proceed normally if expecting municipal bills

  • Verify payment details through official Town of Southampton website if any concerns arise

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