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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

Oh my Pay Pal statement for this year is here, is it? Interesting, as I don't use Pay Pal. :blobcatcoffee:

Remember kids, if you don't use it, they can't* phish you for it!

*) well, they can, but it's way easier to spot

@rysiek you wouldn't believe how often I get asked "is this legit" and it turns out they aren't even subscribed to that particular service. People just lose track of their contracts or are scared that it might be legit anyway because it's "something from this internet" and that is obviously one giant impenetrable hotchpotch of very serious businesses.

@rysiek lately I get phonecalls from different numbers every time, all not indexed as possible spam by android, every time the eastern sounding person on the other side asks if I remember that I have an account on some unspecified investment platform. So every time I ask under what name, and every time the answer is: we'll, yours. So I politely ask what's my name motherf.... And there is this bit of silence followed by: what one .. and beep beep beep... Curtains!

I know it's a bit different with emails, but as a general rule always ask yourself firstly and others secondly, questions. And don't assume people know shit about you, because there is so much on public records or willingly given away.
For instance I'm a small business owner so a lot of my details are public records, including my business bank account number. Because of that I always ask for contact verification through my bank app whenever I get a supposed call from the bank. Saved my bacon a few times now.