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Aram Sinnreich Jan 19, 2023

I just got successfully phished for the first time in 31 years of internet use. I'm mortified, but also fascinated by the unique combination of factors that contributed to my successful hoodwinkery. #LiveAndLearn

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aptlyundecided Jan 19, 2023

@aramsinn Thanks for sharing this stuff. I feel like regular posts about the 'meta' of defrauding people is one of the best ways to protect folks, and I appreciate you for making us all stronger.

Also, I wonder if it could be proven that this was a gov-op from a foreign body could they be sued or held financially accountable in some way?

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Aram Sinnreich Jan 19, 2023

@aptlyndecided You're welcome, that's why I'm sharing my embarrassing story in public.

As to the second question, I'd be much more interested in holding Putin accountable for his war atrocities than getting him to reimburse me for a couple hundreds bucks from a phishing scam.

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aptlyundecided

@aramsinn

True, and even if they did manage to achieve 20 million successful scams of $500 each, that'd be 10 billion, which over a few years of payback, would probably be virtually invisible on their budget, and on top of that be offloaded to their citizens 😞 Or worse other countries through more advanced fraud efforts.