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Ask HN: I just fell for a phishing scam – how bad is it?

1 pointsby f154hfds10 months ago
I got a text from some random number:<p>U S Po st O ffice - Your package is with us, but we couldn&#x27;t deliver it due to incomplete address information. Please update your details within 48 hours to ensure successful delivery. Click the link: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;t.co&#x2F;lMeg8IZVfu?Rjk=iz518dOizI We&#x27;ll schedule a new delivery within 24 hours after address verification. Regards, U S Po st Off ice.<p>It went to a form prompting for my name, home address and email&#x2F;phone number.<p>I filled out the form without thinking much about it, didn&#x27;t at first enter the email&#x2F;phone because I thought it looked suspicious but then decided to do it anyways because they obviously already had the phone number.<p>The second page of the form was for a credit charge of .19 cents for a &#x27;charge&#x27; for a redelivery. Chrome prompted to fill in the credit card info and I did it, didn&#x27;t put in the security code and looked closely at the domain...<p>usco.dbgsmk.top<p>I looked up usps domains - it wasn&#x27;t there... and I tried going to the index page for the domain and it was a bunch of chinese..<p>Question 1: how likely is it that the second form posted my credit card number?<p>Question 2: how bad is it if they got the credit card number w&#x2F;o the security code?<p>I&#x27;ve locked the number but I&#x27;d rather not have to replace it...

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xlinux10 months ago
Why don&#x27;t you block the card fir piece of mind