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		plasticchris 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scammed out of $130K via fake Google call, spoofed... Even better, once I had a financial institution tell me I needed to read them a one time code someone would text me. They were actually surprised I had a problem with it when it’s the scam playbook.

GoblinSlayer 5 months ago [–]

Isn't that just 2fa? It's not limited to web.

plasticchris 5 months ago | [–]

In a way, but this was also on an incoming call, and the text came from yet another number, there were a lot of red flags despite being legitimate.

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