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Had a scare with a phishing email that looked real as can be
Last week I got an email from what looked exactly like my bank, complete with the right logo and a notice about a suspicious login. I almost clicked the link but stopped to check the sender address, and it was something like "security@bankz-verify.co" instead of the real domain. That saved me from giving away my password, and now I always check the actual email address before clicking anything in messages like that. Has anyone else run into a fake login page that looked this convincing?
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blairj558d ago
That type of email is scary because they get the details so right now. It's part of a bigger pattern I've noticed where scammers are copying the whole feel of real companies not just the logo but the tone of voice and urgency too. The fake login pages are getting better because they steal the exact look of the real site down to the font and button colors. What really got me was when I got one that used my actual name and referenced a recent purchase I made. That one almost fooled me before I realized the domain was off by one letter. It feels like we have to treat every link like it might be poison now even when the email looks perfect.
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hugo_jones8d ago
@blairj55 nailed it with the part about them using your actual name and recent purchases. That's the part that freaks me out the most - how do they even get that data? My question is, once you spotted the fake domain, did you report it to your bank or just delete it?
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