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Don't Trust Caller ID With Email Links

The takeaway

Combined phone-and-email scams feel more legitimate — they're not.

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Scammers pair a phishing email with a follow-up call (or vice versa) to seem more credible. Coordination across channels doesn't make a request real — verify independently through official contacts regardless.

“Two channels saying the same lie is still a lie.”

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