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		poincaredisk on Dec 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz What it you get an email from [yourbank].bank? Or if your mother got one? It's never a single signal, and the more legitimate a domain looks, the bigger a chance is that someone fells victim to a scam.

dc396 on Dec 4, 2024 [–]

Bad example. The requirements to register in .bank are quite rigorous (see https://register.bank/eligibility/). Phishers typically go for TLDs that impose far fewer requirements on their registrars.

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