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Re:Ask HN: Protect loved ones from online scams? by Grustaf on Saturday July 29, 2017 @04:40AM (#14880254)
Sure but if the link leads to the actual FedEx website then what would be the point?
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Re:Ask HN: Protect loved ones from online scams? by dmurray on Saturday July 29, 2017 @05:40AM (#14880400)
One possibility is the "Hostile Subdomain Takeover" attack recently mentioned here, where an attacker could have control of, say, help.fedex.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14860149
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