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Yeah. Even worse(?) is banks like Citizens sending customers emails and text messages with links to shady-seeming domain names. No wonder so many people fall fo
by chrisweekly 1y ago
Yeah. Even worse(?) is banks like Citizens sending customers emails and text messages with links to shady-seeming domain names. No wonder so many people fall for phishing attacks.
- qzw 1y agoDefinitely worse. This sort of thing still happening in 2025 is completely bonkers to me. Recently a financial institution sent me an email asking me to "re-validate my ownership" of a linked account by uploading a bank statement. The link was to a completely unrelated and unknown domain (not even a shortener). The message itself didn't address me by name but simply said "Dear Customer". It also didn't including any legitimate info like partial account numbers. And when I logged into my account, there was no notice or message mentioning any re-validation requirement. I was convinced it was a low/medium-effort phishing attempt and submitted it to their support channel so others could be warned. It turns out it was actually their legitimate email. I told the CS rep that they're basically training their customers to fall for the next real phishing attack. Won't do any good, I'm sure.