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Balloonman
New member | Level 2
12 months ago

I got a strange email, is this a scam?

I received an email containing this -is this legit or is it a clever scam?  
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    12 months ago
    Balloonman wrote:

    In addition it asks me to login to Microsoft which I do not understand.

    Sounds like a clear phishing attempt to me.

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Balloonman
New member | Level 2

I have looked at the link on docsend.com that takes me to a PDF download on [removed]. I have no idea what that is and so I will leave it as it looks unsafe. IPFS seems a bit strange. In addition it asks me to login to Microsoft which I do not understand.

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Rich
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12 months ago
Balloonman wrote:

In addition it asks me to login to Microsoft which I do not understand.

Sounds like a clear phishing attempt to me.

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