A Paperless Post invitation can be genuine, but a familiar name or logo does not authenticate the message. If the event is unexpected, check with the host through a phone number or conversation you already trust before following its link.
Quick Verdict: Paperless Post is a real invitation service. Fake invitations can lead to pages that steal email-account passwords or verification codes. A real host does not need your email password or an account-reset code to confirm an invitation.
Verification and reporting sources checked November 7, 2026. TIAS cannot authenticate your private message or account.
How to check a Paperless Post invitation
- Confirm the event independently. Ask the supposed host whether they sent it. Use contact details you already have, not a number supplied only by the invitation.
- Inspect the full destination. A copied logo or the words “Paperless Post” inside an address are not proof of ownership.
- Stop at an email-account login request. Do not enter your Gmail, Microsoft, Yahoo or other email password into a page reached through an unverified invitation. Do not hand over a code that could sign someone in or reset an account.
The FTC’s May 2026 invitation-phishing warning specifically names impersonation of Evite and Paperless Post. It explains that a stolen email account can be used to send similar messages to its owner’s contacts. Recognizing a friend’s name is therefore a reason to check with them, not proof that the link is safe.
Official senders and links—and the personal-email exception
Paperless Post’s security guidance, updated April 30, 2026, lists these invitation and transactional senders:
paperless@email.paperlesspost.compaperlesspost@paperlesspost.compaperlesspost@accounts.paperlesspost.com
It identifies paperlesspost.com, pp.events and links.paperlesspost.com as invitation destinations. It also says its invitations do not include downloadable attachments. A visible sender address alone does not authenticate a particular email.
A personal email or ordinary text is not automatically fake. The company’s Shareable Link instructions, updated October 27, allow hosts to distribute invitations from their own email, messaging apps or social accounts. The official-sender list describes platform-sent messages; hosts can also send a genuine event link themselves. Confirm both the host and the destination.
An event password is different from your email password
The security guide says recipients do not need to log in to open an invitation. Separately, Paperless Post’s October 27 Shareable Link guidance describes optional password protection for customized event links.
Those pages need to be read together: a host-selected event password is different from your personal email-account credentials. If an event is protected, confirm the event and its password with the host through a known channel. Never substitute your email password or an account verification code. Do not treat an unexplained password prompt as safe merely because event protection exists.
What to do if you already clicked
You only opened the page
Close it without entering information, downloading files or granting permissions. Opening a link alone does not establish that an account was taken over. If a download occurred or you see unusual activity, use your device’s trusted security tools or qualified technical help.
You entered an email password or approved a sign-in
Open your email provider’s official website or app independently and secure the affected account immediately. For Gmail, follow Google’s compromised-account instructions:
- Change the password and review recent security events.
- Remove unfamiliar signed-in devices and review connected app access.
- Check recovery email addresses, phone numbers and two-step verification settings.
- Remove forwarding rules, filters or mail delegation you did not create.
- Change reused passwords and check accounts accessible through the compromised email.
If you shared a code, identify which service issued it and use that service’s official recovery route. Tell contacts if unauthorized invitations were sent from your account. If payment details or money were involved, contact your bank promptly using a trusted number.
Where to report a suspicious Paperless Post message
Paperless Post asks recipients to forward suspicious messages to phishing@paperlesspost.com for investigation. That is a reporting route, not confirmation that a message is genuine. Use your email provider’s phishing-report option as well.
For another invitation service, see our Evite invitation-verification guide; its sender and destination rules differ.
Paperless Post scam-email FAQs
Can a genuine invitation come from a friend’s personal email?
Yes. Hosts can distribute a Shareable Link through their own channels. Independently confirm an unexpected event rather than judging it by the sender alone.
Does a real event need my email password?
No. An event password chosen by a host is different from your email-account password or an account-reset code. Verify an unfamiliar prompt with the host.
Is changing my password enough after entering it?
Also review signed-in devices, recovery settings, connected access and forwarding rules using your provider’s instructions. Remove changes you did not authorize.
ThinkItsAScam.com is independent and is not affiliated with Paperless Post, Evite or Google. A legitimate service can be impersonated; this guide does not establish who sent a particular invitation or guarantee an account’s security.
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