I finally found a way to stop phishing emails that actually works for me

I kept getting fake "account alert" emails from my bank, so I set up a dedicated email alias just for financial stuff. After 3 months, the phishing ones dropped to zero because the alias never got leaked.

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jenny_lane1229d ago

@Susan81, have you tried using a password manager that suggests email aliases too? It helped me a ton. I use SimpleLogin which creates a random alias each time I sign up for something, and it forwards to my main inbox. The phishing emails vanished because the real address never gets shared. Just set up a filter for each alias to keep things tidy.

susan8129d ago

Wait, you're telling me I could've just made an email alias this whole time instead of playing whack-a-mole with my spam folder? Ugh, I totally wasted like a year reporting those things. Good call though.

logan_wood29d ago

Hold up, is phishing really that big of a problem for most people? I just delete the obvious fake ones and move on with my day. Like, who actually clicks those "your package is delayed" links from a random address? I get maybe one a week and it takes two seconds to trash it. Setting up whole new email systems seems like overkill for something that's basically just junk mail on the internet. Maybe I'm just lucky though.

olivia_white9314d ago

Buddy of mine thought the same thing until he clicked one that looked legit. Woke up to $800 in crypto purchases gone from his bank account. Took him months to get it sorted and he still gets twitchy checking emails.