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I got phished a couple weeks ago. I work in Accounts Payable for a company, so I get lots of stuff emailed to me. It mentioned a document at a link, this is not suspicious, and then it looked like MS 365 was asking me to log in, which I often have to do to swap between accounts. 1/

When the login failed, I tried a second time, then realized what was actually going on, and changed my password immediately. Looking at the email there were signs it wasn’t what it purported to be, but so much of what it asked for was normal that it got me. 2/2

The scam wasn't one of these big sophisticated banking scams or the like (such as the one that got Cory in the link below). This one was dumber, and I kinda suspected it was a scam right as it was happening... pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/c...

Got a phone call from "Chase Security," caller ID showed Chase's phone number. So I took the call. After being told my account had been hacked and I needed to move my money out of my account, I decided instead to walk across the street to my branch and do it in person. They said, nope, that's not us

In my case, it was in a small, private forum in which books are sold. The forum is generally (though not entirely) for out of print books that are hard to find, and I've bought and sold books via that forum for years without any problem.

Over the last few months, there had been multiple posts on the forum warning about a scammer who had a pattern: not willing to share pictures of the books. Asking if the buyer will pay via "friends & family" (not protected) on Paypal instead of "goods and services." Also, being based in Portugal