Should I be concerned if I receive a spam email that contains the first 3 and last four digits of my phone number, with the middle 3 being replaced with X's? (lemmy.ml)

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I haven't opened the email, I'm just looking at the preview that gmail provides and it contains the name of my email with the first character missing and most of my phone number, like I stated in the title of my post. How concerned, if at all, should I be and is there anything I should be doing?

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[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I've literally gotten spam emails that include a real password I've used in the past in the subject with some vaguely threatening message. Thanks to all these leaks, spammers are getting more targeted. Luckily I've been generating all my passwords for the last few years so I don't have to worry about specific passwords getting out as much anymore.

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