Comment by dlcarrier
23 days ago
Every once in a while, eBay emails me out of the blue and asks me to update my personal details, with a link to a web page.
I always assumed they were phishing scams, but I looked closer at one, and it is a real link too a real page on their site. It's like they're training people to fall for phishing scams. One of them even displayed the name of a variable, instead of my user name.
I have had two banks (Lloyds and Barclays) phone me and ask for personal details to verify me over the phone. Again, training people to fall for scams.
Then there are all the links that go to other sites to track clicks or because they have a separate domain for some reason. Again, training people to fall for phishing.