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Re:Attackers Used Look-Alike Domains to Steal $1M from a Chi... by EddieCPU on Saturday December 07, 2019 @03:36PM (#21732397)
“Such scams .. show why secondary protection mechanisms — like verbal confirmation — are necessary when making high-value transactions”

How about digital signatures and end-to-end email encryption.

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Re:Attackers Used Look-Alike Domains to Steal $1M from a Chi... by chipperyman573 on Saturday December 07, 2019 @07:14PM (#21733557)
Encryption only verifies it hasn't been changed or viewed by a third party, the original email contained the problem so you would just store an encrypted string that would decrypt with the attack in it
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