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So I was checking my Proton Mail inbox, as I usually do, when I came across a hilarious email in my spam folder.

Your Mailbox storage is 99% full

You are currently using 4852.3 MB of 5000.00 MB available

Don't risk losing new incoming messages, Follow below to increase your email account storage.

Increase Your Email Storage

I was very careful not to click on any links in the email.

I was not fooled even for a second. It was impossible for me to have run out of storage. You know why? Because I paid for a Proton Unlimited subscription a few months ago, and I have more than enough storage!

The fact that I got this email means someone got access to my email address, which makes it hard to narrow it down because I used to sign up for a LOT of services. I've started using Addy to create new aliases, but I really wish I had done that sooner, so I could see who sold me out.

Here's a lesson: always use an email alias, so that when/if this happens, you'll know who leaked your email address!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago

To fill up 510gb worth of emails would take an eternity

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago

Looks like one of the better attempts, TBH. I've seen some poor ones over the years.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Duckduckgo email offers kinda the same idea of anonymous emails for free. If you use their extension you can generate one-off subsidiary random accounts to be deleted later after use. You can do this on the spot, a single click while filling whatever registration form, really convenient.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I got a similar phishing mail as well though not for my primary email account. Most of them just redirect to a similar looking login UI and ask the user to enter password.