They... said that:
> The caller ID showed the correct name and number for my bank, but caller ID data is so hilariously easy to spoof that it might as well not even exist.
Honestly, what is with the low quality comments attempting to undermine this person's credibility?
An expert doesn’t just know about a risk, they think through mitigations and apply them. This is a basic 101, and yet no mitigation. A phone call warning about fraud is highly likely to be fraud in itself, so never, ever proceed with the call.
Would you not question the credibility of a doctor who falls for say, crystal healing or homeopathic cures?
Yeah, I've read the armchair quarterbacks around here thinking they wouldn't be the ones to get duped if it was them.
Of course, I'll bet if they did get duped, they wouldn't post about it on social media because a bunch of folks would come out of the woodwork to point out how stupid they were.
Personally, I read this accounting and thought "You know, for all my own knowledge about how these scams work, I might've been caught by this one." This specific example strayed into spearphishing territory given the knowledge the attacker had of the victim. This wasn't just an average war dialler. And the time investment, alone, on the part of the attacker makes this unusual compared to your average phone same.
But hey, maybe I'm just not bright enough to hang with the cool kids around here.
I also don't think this has anything to do with intelligence. You can question expertise without questioning intellect