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0 pointsSchemaLoad3d ago0 comments

Scams got sophisticated a while ago where they would exactly replicate things like password reset emails and such including a whole fake replica website that looks identical to the real one.

I saw someone fall for one recently where a scammer had created a fake announcement from an email sending company stating they were adding political messages to the bottom of your sent emails, and to log in to opt out. The look and feel of the email was pretty much perfect.

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leviathant3d ago

Once or twice, I've clicked through on a link in an email that was convincing enough to fool me, and what saved me both times was that I run NoScript.

It's so frustrating just standing by and watching as we descend into a low-trust society.

rkomorn3d ago

Scams are getting good enough that I'm now skeptical/paranoid every time I get a legit email.

"Click link" ? I think not. Gonna log in myself in a new window and try to navigate to the same thing on my own.

Pwntastic3d ago

it doesn't help that all these companies' legitimate emails contain suspicious-looking links in the first place. the link tracking/shortening that's built into these services isn't doing them any favors for their actually important emails

SchemaLoadOP3d ago

The sophistication of scam emails these days is a big part of the switch to Passkeys, just physically making it impossible to give your credentials to the scammer site.

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