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Phoenix61

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15. That's a bs test.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #14)

Tue May 11, 2021, 06:37 PM

May 2021

If the worker clicked on the email address it would have shown an actual e-mail address for the company. Obviously not a phishing scam. If you get an e-mail from your bank, say Wells-Fargo, and click on it and it’s a scam you get random stuff “sheud@gshdj.com” which would obviously not be a wells-Fargo e-mail address.

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Alert! Phishing that required a little examination. [View all] LAS14 May 2021 OP

pshing demtenjeep May 2021 #1

Phishing n/t MerryHolidays May 2021 #2

thank you demtenjeep May 2021 #4

It sucks no matter how you spell it! MerryHolidays May 2021 #6

Yeah, I knew that. Thanks! This a.m. I wrote "north shore" as "north sure..." Sigh... nt LAS14 May 2021 #5

I got one of those - checked the bank account connected to PayPal and no such transaction lisa58 May 2021 #3

I've received three almost identical ones... RegularJam May 2021 #7

I got six concerned phone calls from "Amazon" within thirty minutes struggle4progress May 2021 #8

Like you say go directly to the site Midnightwalk May 2021 #9

This! Never click through using the links in the email. Open a new window Arkansas Granny May 2021 #13

If it looks like a scam, it probably is one! Initech May 2021 #10

And even sometimes when it doesn't. n/t moonscape May 2021 #11

I get shit like that all the time... Wounded Bear May 2021 #12

And sometimes it's just a company getting their employees' hopes up in a phishing test muriel_volestrangler May 2021 #14

That's a bs test. Phoenix61 May 2021 #15

Right-the Email Sender Address is always the dead giveaway of a scam Stallion May 2021 #18

Yeah that crosses the line Midnightwalk May 2021 #16

When I get an email supposedly from my bank or credit card giving me a number to call, marie999 May 2021 #17

Whenever you see "Dear User" or "Dear [email name]", ignore it. brooklynite May 2021 #19