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Reminds me of the COVID relief payment simulated phishing emails that made headlines. People complained that they had to take additional training after clicking some "Click here to retrieve your COVID relief funds" link during the early days of the pandemic that turned out to actually just be their corporate IT team sending a simulated phishing attack. They expected that this was the official government relief page that they have been waiting for, and were excited for the financial relief. Many people claimed that it was not okay do "prey" on people's desperation at this point, but these simulated phishing emails were just getting people wary of the real thing. Actual scammers who were actually attempting to steal your money were absolutely sending these types of COVID relief phishing emails for real. So, these simulated emails were just preparing users in case one if the real spam emails happened to slip through the filters.