• clementineholic@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Whoa, not good. Looks like more online accounts may get hacked from phishing with this increase of spam emails slipping through. I know a Youtuber that very recently got their Youtube account hacked & stolen from a phishing email sent to their Gmail. Luckily they got their account back, but I believe it was due to the help of their friends & audience on Youtube, as they were told by Google that most people who get their channel stolen like that don’t get it back. I’m glad I use Proton Mail for my main email account. Its spam filter is robust.

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Using outlook (hotmail) I’ve had a grand total of one spam email make it to my inbox this year. All the rest has landed in the spam folder.

    I can’t think of anything that’s been incorrectly flagged as spam either…

    I get far more spam calls and texts than I do email spam. Android filters out spam sms pretty well, but not much I can do about calls (especially with spoofed local area codes). Just pick up, wait for a ‘hello’ from a person and immediately hang up when text-to-speech starts babbling at me instead.

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      1 year ago

      I almost only receive spam calls. I sometimes wonder whether it’s even worth paying for a number these days.

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        1 year ago

        this is highly relatable. it is insane that I have to have a spam folder in my text messaging app now