Should I be concerned if I receive a spam email that contains the first 3 and last four digits of my phone number, with the middle 3 being replaced with X's?

posted 3 months ago

I haven’t opened the email, I’m just looking at the preview that gmail provides and it contains the name of my email with the first character missing and most of my phone number, like I stated in the title of my post. How concerned, if at all, should I be and is there anything I should be doing?

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tyrant@lemmy.world

7 points

3 months ago

I once received an email with one of my passwords in it. It’s spooky when they get your info and reach out!

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Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com

6 points

3 months ago

Well that’s nice of them, now you can easily just change that password which of course you only use for one account.

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CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml

2 points

3 months ago

tip: use haveibeenpwned to see where your passwords have gotten leaked.

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Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca

1 point

3 months ago

Was it a password reset email?

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tyrant@lemmy.world

2 points

3 months ago

It was a pw that was from a breach. Like most people I used to use the same pw for everything. Now I use bitwarden and love it

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