I got an email inviting me to a study as it appears I set the settings for it. However I am skeptical to its realness as: - All links do not point to a SO/SE site, but instead to a cryptic link for a site called "pstmrk" and "rallyuxr". - There is a monetary incentive given (with an asterisk going nowhere?), which seems rather uncharacteristic of SO. The subject line reads "Tell us about your experience on Stack Overflow ($60.00 for 60 minutes)" Otherwise the e-mail appears convincing as the sender seems to be [email protected], but as far as I know that can be faked as well. Here is how it looks: [![the layout of the mail][1]][1] The mail was received on Sep the 6th 2024 (Friday) at 14:35:04 UTC. Past communications with SO/SE did not include any external links. The header: [![enter image description here][2]][2] Some of the meta data I could fetch: SPF: Pass with domain pm-bounces.stackoverflow.com" DKIM: Pass with domain stackoverflow.com" DMARC: Pass So is the mail/links real? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/5GpyQLHO.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/FUCI3aVo.png