I mean, yeah, they have to get lucky to match your actual current circumstances (ie, you're really waiting for a USPS package right now, or you are a customer of the bank they randomly guessed when generating the scam message), but even if that occurs...

I'm just stunned that there are so many people out there who blindly go "oh yeah, it must be them, how else would they know?" and proceed straight to the scammer through that e-mail link to dump info (or unknowingly download malware). It's absolutely insane to me.

If it's really your company, then your thought process should be... thanks for the heads up, I'll just go to your actual official site that's in no way attached to this e-mail to check my account or tracking number or whatever.

[–] Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com 15 points 1 year ago

Sooo many scams would be prevented if we taught people to go to the actual site, or reach out yourself via phone call to a known branch/building.

If my banks calls me, it's perfeclty fine for me to hang up and initiate the phone call myself. That way I'm 100% sure it's the bank I'm taking to

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

There's a shocking number of people who are unfathomably tech illiterate, to the point that they can't recognize things like this. At work, I'll ask people what page they're referring to on our web site, and you'd be shocked and dismayed by how many people say things like "I was on google."

I legit wish I could teach a class on just the ABCs of digital security, especially for elderly people.