I am rarely impressed with scams these days. Most of them are the same thing. There is the "hold my money for me, and I will give you a percentage" scam. There is the "you inherited money" scam, and many others. But this one is different. It is simple, yet tricky. If you aren't paying attention you might fall for this one.
The biggest issue with this scam is that it is very wisely targeted. The name in the "from" section of the email was my fathers name, However, I set up all of my fathers email accounts, so I know that the email address is not his.
The scam then asks "Is this what we discussed the other day?" If I wasn't suspicious over the obviously fake email, I may have just gone ahead and clicked on this. However, seeing the link URL, it is clear that this is not only a bad URL, but it is also directed specifically at me (my name is in the URL).
I found no info searching for the owner of the URL or the email address. So, If you receive something similar, consider it a phishing attempt.
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