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Phishing Mails (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
 

This will be a quick post. We have received a phishing mail to our info@lemmy.world mail address telling that they are "lemmy.world Security Team", telling that they will "disconnect" your account from our instance. This is ofc, not us. Do not fall for it! The attached image is how the mail looks like.

~Lemmy World Team.

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[โ€“] Clbull@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Why would they target Lemmy users?

Your typical Lemming (for lack of a better term) is not technologically inept and would generally not fall for a phishing scam. They'd earn a lot more money from targeting Redditors.

software devs and other highly technical IT roles fail phishing tests at my company

[โ€“] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

[This comment has been deleted by an automated system]

[โ€“] callyral@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your typical Lemming (for lack of a better term)

idk i like "lemming"

[โ€“] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

You're telling me I'm not a lemon?

[โ€“] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago

Probably overreach of an automated system

[โ€“] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Attention! u/spez demands that you suckle upon his prostate like a thirsty little pig!

"OMG guys, ^ THIS!"

[โ€“] Xel@mujico.org 2 points 1 year ago

Your typical Lemming (for lack of a better term)

That's the right term

[โ€“] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing it's sent to anyone with a custom domain, rather than lemmy specifically.

[โ€“] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Aren't people who use lemmy already or had used reddit I mean lemmy was brought out as an alternative to reddit which many people on reddit flocked to when spezy wezy started doing his you-know-wut

Plus I'm sure there's alot of people here whom won't be as informed about phishing emails

[โ€“] Clbull@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's more like there's a technical barrier for using Lemmy (or any fediverse social media for that matter) and for actually giving a shit about Reddit's API policy.

There's a tendency for more tech-saavy people going to Lemmy.