Proton mail validity check?

[Minifridge99]

Keep getting an email that says the following:
“
We have noticed your validity check for mοnth of April, 2023

Tο activate/enable it, please click οn οr Fοllow οur directives belοw tο perfοrm οur mοnthly validity check manually.

Take a verification if you think it's just an error..” with a button link that says “perform verification check”


Feel like this is some sort of phishing or scam attempt of some sort. Anyone else getting this?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Phishing. Delete it

 

[Minifridge99]

I figured, already deleted. Thanks cap

 

[CaffeineandKilos]

Phishing. Delete it

I recently had someone use my proton mail to purchase flights, hotels, etc.... Like how TF did you get my email? It isn't something you would just guess at.

I've got dudes full name, his daughters name, his flight numbers, destinations, his CC numbers, I deleted all the emails but I'm pretty sure his passport was in one of them. It was nuts.

 

[Deleted member 21405]

I don't trust proton mail at all. I read an article about them giving up info on someone to LE. Regardless of what they were doing I feel like that proves their commitment to security is not good and they are reading your emails.

 

[Minifridge99]

Yeah that’s crazy haven’t heard about that

 

[Deleted member 21405]

Yeah that’s crazy haven’t heard about that

"Although 2019 was the last time law enforcement attempted to get information from Proton VPN, that's not the case for other products in the Proton stable. In 2021, the company behind Proton VPN confirmed that it had been legally compelled to collect and supply IP address information about a climate activist's Proton Mail (not Proton VPN) account, which led to the activist's arrest. The company clarified that it was not possible for it to provide access to email content, that IP address is not gathered under normal circumstances, and that its VPN product was not subject to the same requirements and would never collect or turn over similar information. An update to the company's blog post(Opens in a new window) announced that a Swiss court decision in Proton's favor meant that email providers would not be subject to information-gathering requirements in the future."

That's from PC Mag

Whos to say they won't "feel compelled" again?

 

[psauce]

Make sure you report it through the protonmail interface as a phishing attempt.

 

[Minifridge99]

Make sure you report it through the protonmail interface as a phishing attempt.

Will make sure I do that in the future