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by victorhooi 3510 days ago
Yes, it's unfortunate that crooks are pretty creative and will always find a way. I've seen some pretty innovative phishing scams.

However, the Chrome browser uses a Safe Browsing list which blocks many known malware/phishing sites.

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/

The list is constantly being updated, both by automated and manual means.

You can also submit bad sites here:

https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/... https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?h...

If you find one that isn't blocked, I'd definitely encourage you to do your bit and submit it.

Firefox also uses the same Safe Browsing service:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-phishing-and-m...