Realized I was falling for phishing emails after 10 years of thinking I was too smart for that

I always told myself I'd never click a suspicious link. Then last Tuesday, I got an email that looked exactly like my bank's alert system. It had my actual account number in the header and a warning about unusual activity. I clicked the link and typed in my login before I caught myself. The URL was off by one letter when I actually looked at it. That moment made me realize how good these scammers have gotten. Has anyone else found that they fall for the ones that use real personal details from past data breaches?

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gibson.seth2d ago

wait they had your actual account number? thats terrifying

jamie7121d ago

Yeah they had my full account number. Wild stuff.