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milestogo

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2. You can buy email lists with thousands of emails.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Mon May 26, 2025, 02:19 PM

May 26

Probably half of them will have Netflix.
If you send this to thousands of people, SOMEBODY will type in their credit card information.

Its weird that this came from only 25 miles away!
The fact that they didn't figure out how to change the sender address shows they are inexperienced.

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I got a phishing email this morning regarding my Netflix account. [View all] milestogo May 26 OP

It might be the kids, or someone else. Anyway, good on you for reporting it! n/t CaliforniaPeggy May 26 #1

You can buy email lists with thousands of emails. milestogo May 26 #2

The real tells are the links in it. An email address can be spoofed. Unlikely to be from the teacher. Bernardo de La Paz May 26 #3