First 12 minutes of this episode goes over how I got caught by this

https://youtu.be/j5jQtjgHTTU

the attack was pretty sophisticated and legit looking - it originally even used a QR code in a picture just like Dan often does. 

I wasn’t sure whether it was real initially - particularly bc Dan has been so persistent about removing phone nrs on twitter accounts.

Thankfully people warned in the comments

Thank you for sharing this. 

Unfortunate and definitely a reminder that human error is always the most easily exploited.

Really sorry it happened to you but thanks for explaining it. This is good for anyone that is new or too embarrassed to talk about it to hear/learn about

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