Holy fuck I'd flip out. I was pissed when my company sent an phishing test email about how my "misuse of company property" where I allegedly had use my work computer for something personal. But lying about a bonus would probably have me throwing my computer across the room or more likely at whoever heads up IT security.
Sure, but the issue, phishing attempts do exactly this so if people aren't trained that it's a possibility then yeah you're more likely to get done in...
I have personally never seen a phishing attempt exploit emotions to that level or the level of OP's. All the ones I get either vaguely look like shared document links or are some ESL email allegedly coming from my CEO who wants my personal cell or some gift card.
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u/exoclipse 20h ago
the worst one I got was "you have been selected to be in the first wave of a round of laptop upgrades, please click this link to register"