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New Email Scam Includes Pictures of Your House. Don’t Fall For It. (www.eff.org)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 157 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've gotten a few of these, but I just moved so it only included Google maps images of my old apartment, and I guess the data scrape didn't get my phone number, so it included language like "I bet you wouldn't like it if I called you at 0000000000, would you?"

I'm savvy enough to laugh and delete, but I'm sure this would be very effective against some older Americans.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I definitely knew it was fake when they called it a "beautiful neighborhood". My friend did you even look at the picture you sent?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

AI might improve their messaging soon