I've been getting a lot of those "your parcel couldn't be delivered" phishing attacks lately and if you're a human with a phone, you probably have been too. Just as a brief reminder, they look like this: These get through all the technical controls that exist at

From 2024, but funny to read…

What makes this situation so ridiculous is that while we’re all watching for scammers attempting to imitate legitimate organisations, FedEx is out there imitating scammers!

  • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    It really is the golden age of stalkers and scam artists. You wouldn’t believe how much I know about the previous owner of my phone number. Their name, where they work, where their kids go to school, their pediatrician, their coworkers names and numbers (still included in text conversations). I started responding to the work texts when I realised they were STILL giving out the number (autofill I guess)

    This needs to be made for real