Just got one of these "Verify your phone number" emails. Reading the headers, the email seems to have originated in Lagos Nigeria. I previewed the tinyurl destination before visiting, and as before, it takes you to a phishing site designed to look like the Proton authentication page--this time...
Thank you @GungHofor sharing the article. The lack of due process is super-unsettling. To me it seems at odds with the 14th amendment.
" nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law "
Might not be a bad idea to check proton authentication logs and sessions under Settings > Security. The logs can be wiped, but if they have, that could also be telling.
I received a couple of these a few days ago and reported the phishing attempt to ProtonMail. In both cases the emails appear to be from protonmail.com addresses, though the "from" header also references a tutanota address.
The body of the message contained a tinyurl link which redirected to a...
@tiquanunderwood:
Let's go! Baltimore vs Pitt next week for division title!
@arkiehomested:
AMERICA'S TEAM Cowboys came through thurs night! Looking forward to the Bears & 49ers tonight. Both are 11-4. 🤠 🤠
L@Layne_Cobain:
Miami on their way to beating Tampa and we choose today to play total ass when we could’ve punched our ticket. Comes down to next week now panthers bucs oh well
@tiquanunderwood:
GET MY RAVENS A WIN AND IN GAME WITH STEELERS!