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This Phishing email... What is the IP? (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 19 points 5 months ago (5 children)

It's possible in general, but I don't think that's what's going on specifically here; not many people read IP addresses in such detail to notice such things at first glance.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    It’s exactly what is happening, they’re filtering out people who know what an IP address is and can contain so that they get fewer time wasters.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    The point schnurrito was making is that even if you know what an IP address is and what are valid or invalid IP addresses, a lot of people won't read the IP address. They'll just see numbers and skim over them. Even if you're keeping eyes peeled for scams, most people don't have their IP address memorised off the top of their heads so they wouldn't be looking to check if the IP address looks right or not.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    And the point I’m making is that they’re doing it to filter out people who know and pay attention. Real simple stuff.

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  • [–] -3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Then I don't think that would be the most effective way because most people aren't paying that much attention, independently of knowledge. What would tip me off to it being a scam would be other parts of the email.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    You, maybe, someone else, maybe not.

    They put in a lot of flags like that, of varying obviousness, to filter out as many people as possible who would be savvy enough to not fall for the scam overall. It’s not just one clue, it never is.

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