It turns out that halfway clever phishing attacks really, really work

Gmail has 2 factor authentication. So if you are setup correctly the attacker will generate a bunch of codes texted to your phone because google doesn’t let someone log into your account from a new computer without the code.

Or… you know I guess someone who is to lazy to setup the security that protects them against this type of attack is the same kind of person that would fall for the attack to begin with… YMMV.

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