ITS PHISHING SEASON AGAIN!
WARNING TO ALL PROTONMAIL USERS
There appears to be another flurry of pathetic Phishing attempts on Protonmail right now. I know most of you are smart enough not to click on things like this: But i have some older friends on steemit who couldn't plug in a VCR let alone understand Phishing attacks. Phishing {pronounced "Fishing"} is a pathetic attempt by a novice hacker to steal data and usually rob your crypto or bank accounts through stolen passwords. Unfortunately, it is super effective: Especially if the "hacker" makes a very convincing email or fake website. One must use common sense to spot fakes. Just like a bad photoshop; you can always spot a Phishing attempt if you know where to look. Check out this section of my phishers email
Protonmail does not have buyer disputes OR credit card processing. Therefore, I can deduct through simple reasoning alone that this is a fake email and not protonmail tech. REMEMBER PROTONMAIL STAFF ALWAYS USE THEIR OWN SERVER. Everyone needs to SLOW DOWN right now when they answer emails and use basic logic to "suss" things out. You don't have to be a master hacker to spot attacks against you.
http://steemit.com/submit.html/passwordentry http://steamit.com/submit.html/passwordentry
^^^^^ How quickly does your brain separate these two different URLs? See how one is Steamit.com NOT Steemit.com? That is how similar a professional phishing attack could be. Get into the habit of checking URLs or your hard earned money from your small business or blog might go down the shitter.
Remember common sense is the key not compute knowledge.
Stay Safe.
Please Re-Steem and Tag your protonmail friends in the comments :)
Always a good reminder to pay attention to your virtual surroundings
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Definitely. Phishing takes advantage of muscle memory it seems.
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& impatience as many other scams do
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