Spot a fake meeting link scam before anyone clicks
The poster's wife booked a Zoom call with a stranger who emailed from a free Gmail address about an urgent matter for a relative. Before the call, the stranger said they couldn't join and pushed a Microsoft Teams invite asking her to download and run a "Teams file." Every button pointed to a fake address with a zero instead of an o. Grok Bot called it a classic scam, warned them not to install anything and, with her OK, marked the emails as spam and filed an FTC report. A follow-up caller pushing the link got a second report.
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I got this meeting invite from someone I don't know: [PASTE THE EMAIL, INCLUDING THE SENDER ADDRESS]. Before I click anything, check the sender address and every link in it, letter by letter, against the real company's website. Tell me if anything is off, such as a zero instead of an o, a free email account, pressure to hurry or a file to download and run. Don't open the links yourself.
Our own prompt, written from what the source describes. We haven't run it ourselves. Text in [BRACKETS] is what you replace.
Watch out for
- Real Teams and Zoom meetings open in your browser or app. You never need to download and run a file someone sends you.
- Report scams at reportfraud.ftc.gov and with your email's report phishing button. Don't call numbers in the message.
Where this comes from
Original post by @roadhardfit on X, Oct 26, 2026. We rewrote it in our own words. The result is what the poster reports.
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