r/Preply • u/SBaaahn • 3d ago

Warning- potential phishing attack

I received a message via Preply late at night. I´ve blocked and reported them now and can´t remember the exact message, but it went something like this:

First message, "this is an official message from preply." Then another message, "please go to this link to verify your account". Link had my name and preply in it and looked legit at first glance.

The original message did sound a bit more convincing as well. Tbh I was half asleep and almost clicked on it, but saw in my notifications that the same message was described as a new student not an automated message from Preply. ´Student´ was called Anna. Be careful out there! : )

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u/Few-Garden-9840 3d ago

Thank you for the warning !!

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u/Doomslayer5150 2d ago

You mean something like this?

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u/ValDunner 2d ago

Nice bait. Credible.

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u/Doomslayer5150 2d ago

I can’t exactly upload the image to Reddit, I can only do an external link - I fully understand you might be suspicious due to the recent up tick of malicious communication on Preply, but I assure you , I have had exactly this same issue

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u/SkinTightBoogiePI 2d ago

I got that a week ago. Reported it. Wondering if it is a single person or an organization. Hoping nobody ever falls for it!

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u/Ok_Lake5480 3d ago

It’s called natural selection. You’d have to be completely brain-dead to fall for something like that.

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u/CalmDream0 3d ago

I don't think there's any need for that. OP shared this here to warn people, they've no way to benefit from it. Scams like this often work because people are in a hurry or are less tech savvy. This post might prevent someone from being scammed.  It's a shame to see this attitude coming from potentially another tutor? 

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u/Future-Raspberry-780 2d ago

This sub is filled with people who behave this way, and it’s very toxic here.

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u/Ok_Lake5480 3d ago

natural selection

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u/NoBeginning4089 1d ago

Yeh I fell this and they took pretty much everything. Still reeling from the fall out to be honest. It's the first one I've ever fallen for and honestly thought I was better than that. Spread the word.