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formerly_proven
on Aug 18, 2022
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PayPal phishing scam uses invoices sent via PayPal
You generally can't know if a mail is actually from Paypal or not, because they use a huge number of domains to send mails. Just assume everything that says it's from Paypal is fake, much easier.
badrabbit
on Aug 18, 2022
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Pretty much my point, how not using subdomains meant it is very difficult to stop phishing from look alikes.
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