It is for sure phishing. Discover isn’t going to send you an email like that. Even loading the graphics was a bad idea.
Edit: apparently I stand corrected. I’ve gotten security alerts from my credit card companies before, but never with a link like that, and never saying something like “dark web.” Sorry to hear it
It’s not “for sure phishing” Discover does send emails like that. They have a service where they scan the internet for your personal information, and they sell you credit monitoring, and other stuff to reduce the impact.
Here’s a screenshot of part of their website for this monitoring.
Of course it’s ALWAYS a good idea to go to the website, and never click a link on an email from your financial institution, but I’m like 80% sure that this is a legit email.
Also, your SSN and other financial details have likely been compromised dozens of times, so just having your SSN floating around out there isn’t surprising. It’s a fault in the system for using an unsecured SSN as an identify instead of what it was initially used for.
It is for sure phishing. Discover isn’t going to send you an email like that. Even loading the graphics was a bad idea.
Edit: apparently I stand corrected. I’ve gotten security alerts from my credit card companies before, but never with a link like that, and never saying something like “dark web.” Sorry to hear it
It’s not “for sure phishing” Discover does send emails like that. They have a service where they scan the internet for your personal information, and they sell you credit monitoring, and other stuff to reduce the impact.
Here’s a screenshot of part of their website for this monitoring.
Of course it’s ALWAYS a good idea to go to the website, and never click a link on an email from your financial institution, but I’m like 80% sure that this is a legit email.
Also, your SSN and other financial details have likely been compromised dozens of times, so just having your SSN floating around out there isn’t surprising. It’s a fault in the system for using an unsecured SSN as an identify instead of what it was initially used for.