So I was checking my Proton Mail inbox, as I usually do, when I came across a hilarious email in my spam folder.
Your Mailbox storage is 99% full
You are currently using 4852.3 MB of 5000.00 MB available
Don't risk losing new incoming messages, Follow below to increase your email account storage.
I was very careful not to click on any links in the email.
I was not fooled even for a second. It was impossible for me to have run out of storage. You know why? Because I paid for a Proton Unlimited subscription a few months ago, and I have more than enough storage!
The fact that I got this email means someone got access to my email address, which makes it hard to narrow it down because I used to sign up for a LOT of services. I've started using Addy to create new aliases, but I really wish I had done that sooner, so I could see who sold me out.
Here's a lesson: always use an email alias, so that when/if this happens, you'll know who leaked your email address!
16 Comments
Jolteon@lemmy.zip · 42 pts · 1y
???
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 1y
To fill up 510gb worth of emails would take an eternity
cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 1y
The storage space is shared with Proton Drive
grandel@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
Not for my work colleagues. For them email is something for transferring files and re requesting the files when they cant find the original email.
tomsh@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y
I have a laptop with more than an unlimited SSD. It's not that expensive anymore.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 1y
Looks like one of the better attempts, TBH. I've seen some poor ones over the years.
cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 1y
With Proton Unlimited you have access to SimpleLogin as well.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 1y
Maybe I'm desensitized because our group address is published in multiple places on the web, but that email is not even slightly noteworthy. This November we've already gotten 7 emails that said our mailbox was full or we needed to change its password.
To me this is just background noise of the Internet.
iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
Charger8232@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 1y
The fake progress bar isn't even 99% full, which is funny. Even funner: 4852.3 MB out of 5000 MB is only 97%
RandomVideos@programming.dev · 5 pts · 1y
The gouverment stole 505 gb
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
Goobeaurmant
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
I don't know I thought it was pretty good.
davidebro@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
That's why I don't use Proton, but Startmail. Their email aliases system is perfect. Haven't got any trouble so far. Is this a common problem with Proton?
governorkeagan@lemdro.id · 5 pts · 1y
I feel like this is provider agnostic. If you signup to a bunch of different newsletters (or anything else really), at some point your email will get out there.
Proton has email aliasing via SimpleLogin which I have found to be really good.
calmblue75@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
The progress bar itself doesn't seem to be 99% full.
kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
I got a similar phishing mail as well though not for my primary email account. Most of them just redirect to a similar looking login UI and ask the user to enter password.