Vent: Lost my entire browser session after that "suspicious login" popup tricked me

Clicked a browser popup that looked like a legit security alert from my bank, and it instantly wiped all my open tabs and session data... took me 3 hours to get back to my research. Anyone else almost fall for these fake popups that look way too real?

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taylor.susan8d ago

Oh man I literally just read an article about this scam going around. It said these fake popups are getting so realistic now that even tech savvy people are getting fooled.

fiona_johnson828d ago

Haha okay I gotta push back a little on this one. I've been building computers since I was a kid and those popups are SO easy to spot if you just LOOK at the URL bar. They always have weird misspellings or extra dots in the address. Plus real Microsoft or Apple warnings don't pop up in your browser like that. I think people just panic and click without checking the actual website name first.