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From 2024, but funny to read....

What makes this situation so ridiculous is that while we're all watching for scammers attempting to imitate legitimate organisations, FedEx is out there imitating scammers!

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[โ€“] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 30 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah. Recently I was expecting a message from a bank, finally I got a call... from a chatbot claiming it has an important message for me, but first I have to give it my private info to verify myself and there's no way to validate the call is legit first.

When I complained to the bank they just told me I shouldn't worry, they made the call so it's perfectly safe and there's nothing to worry about...

[โ€“] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 8 points 29 minutes ago

I would change banks over that and list that as the reason why.