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e40today at 10:43 AM2 repliesview on HN

My dad googled “amex phone number” and called the first result. I spent most of a Saturday cleaning up after the scammers.

I told him, next time call the number on the back of your card.


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MaxGabrieltoday at 12:30 PM

Any chance the first result was an ad? Those are definitely a popular phishing distribution mechanism, so getting your parents an adblocker could help

ValentineCtoday at 11:19 AM

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