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Gmail is now flagging auto generated emails from this forum as phishing scams

Nathanpete
By Nathanpete
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Ik this isn't really something that anybody here can just fix in an hour, but just let the admins/mods know that this is a thing now, and maybe do a little investigation. I signed up for daily newsletters from the Tech News forum a couple of weeks ago, bc I was really out of touch with tech news for a while and this is one of my ways to get back into the loop. Anyway just a few minutes ago I got a notif from gmail saying new email: LTT digest, I opened it up and would prob read later, but I immediately noticed it had flagged the email, bc apparently users have been reporting emails as phishing scams, and it neutered the email by removing images and links, which makes sense. I'm gonna push "Looks safe" anyway, but maybe the admins should know and be aware that gmail has been flagging the forums email bot as a scam address.  

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Fuck you scalpers, fuck you scammers, fuck all of you jerks that charge way too much to tech-illiterate people. 

Unless I say I am speaking from experience or can confirm my expertise, assume it is an educated guess.

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Time to burn it all down

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Sent, read the attached message for a bit more context. 

Fuck you scalpers, fuck you scammers, fuck all of you jerks that charge way too much to tech-illiterate people. 

Unless I say I am speaking from experience or can confirm my expertise, assume it is an educated guess.

Current setup: Ryzen 5 3600, MSI MPG B550, 2x8GB DDR4-3200, RX 5600 XT (+120 core, +320 Mem), 1TB WD SN550, 1TB Team MP33, 2TB Seagate Barracuda Compute, 500GB Samsung 860 Evo, Corsair 4000D Airflow, 650W 80+ Gold. Razer peripherals. 

Also have a Alienware Alpha R1: i3-4170T, GTX 860M (≈ a 750 Ti). 2x4GB DDR3L-1600, Crucial MX500

My past and current projects: VR Flight Sim: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/nathanpete/saved/#view=dG38Jx (Done!)

A do it all server for educational use: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/nathanpete/saved/#view=vmmNcf (Cancelled)

Replacement of my friend's PC nicknamed Donkey, going from 2nd gen i5 to Zen+ R5: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/nathanpete/saved/#view=WmsW4D (Done!)

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11 minutes ago, Nathanpete said:

Sent, read the attached message for a bit more context. 

Thanks. It doesn't look like there's anything unusual about that email (it passed all of the authentication checks to make sure it was sent by LTT, and there's no malicious content in there), but my guess is that some of the post snippets from there triggered the filter (possibly the link to support.microsoft.com or the link to the facebook topic that goes to LTT rather than facebook). I've seen similar behaviour with links to PayPal's legitimate support website.

 

Thanks for reporting, but I don't think there's anything that we can do here - clicking "looks safe" is all that's needed.

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GMail's filters have been getting more aggressive recently. I wouldn't be surprised if this is one of those instances where it flagged a safe e-mail message as a result.

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I'd also flag this as phishing. There's some shady people on here...

Either @piratemonkey or quote me when responding to me. I won't see otherwise

Put a reaction on my post if I helped

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