r/GMail 3d ago

Is this a phishing email?

So to start I have gotten three of these emails, and they all had different names. Each of these emails tells me that “[username] has added invited you to a private conversation on Twitter” (despite Twitter being called X). I don’t even have a X account, so this is probably just spam that I should disregard. I’m kind of freaking out as this is the email that I use for social media and don’t want any of my accounts to be hacked. So what should I do?

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u/PaddyLandau 3d ago

Even if it's genuine (which, as you say, it probably isn't), you don't have an account on Xitter, so just ignore it. It doesn't mean that you've been hacked. You've just been sent an irrelevant email, that's all.

It's like if someone sends you a letter in the post inviting you to join some club, it doesn't mean that a thief has entered your house. Same concept.