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!
Looks like one of the better attempts, TBH. I’ve seen some poor ones over the years.
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.
The progress bar itself doesn’t seem to be 99% full.
1.85/510GB.
unlimited
???
I have a laptop with more than an unlimited SSD. It’s not that expensive anymore.
To fill up 510gb worth of emails would take an eternity
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.
The storage space is shared with Proton Drive
that link
XcQ, don’t click you.
