I think we all need to be more wary of such emails.
For more years than I can remember I have been using MailWasher (and eventually Mail Washer Pro, paid version). That pre filters the email service/s you use. That doesn't download emails, but just a part of it (but leaves it on the mail server), it looks for spam/scams. It is also very highly configurable and the partial email can be viewed by the user in plain text (within the MailWasher program), no images calling home or beacons to confirm receipt, etc.
You can examine the headers and email content, flag it as spam or to add to blacklist or to bounce. Once done it deletes any emails flagged as spam from the email server and calls your email client. You then download only the email you wanted.
Whilst it is a paid program, I bought a lifetime license many years ago (great deal I couldn't turn down) and it has served me well over the years.