Found out 80% of phishing emails use a display name you already trust, according to a report I read on the FBI's site

Robert Anderson · 2026-09-16T17:15:04.687653+00:00

I pulled up the IC3's 2023 report after a fake DocuSign email nearly got me, and the number that stuck with me was that most of these come from names in your own contacts, not random strangers, so now I check the actual email address before clicking anything, has anyone else noticed the sender name is always the tell?

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