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Proton Mail is the world's largest secure email provider. Swiss, end-to-end encrypted, private, and free.

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HELP : Is support@protonme.zendesk <mailto:support@protonme.zendesk> a legitimate Proton address or a potential phishing attempt? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by AuroraSine@lemmy.ml to c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world

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Peace be with you, Proton Community, 🌹

I was trying to find out which search engine Lumo uses in the background. To do this, I used the official contact form here: https://proton.me/support/contact?topic=lumo.

Unfortunately, I later realized that the official site lists "protonmail.zendesk", not "protonme.zendesk". The domain "protonme.zendesk" looks suspicious, and many sites online report it as a phishing attempt.

I have already taken security precautions on my end, but I want to be absolutely sure before I report this domain as malicious. Has anyone else seen this? Please let me know if you think this is phishing. And i hope you can answer my question about the search engine 😁

Thanks for the help.

UPDATE 30.06.2026: The domain is real! I checked it with a new account and another Wi-Fi connection. It's not a "phishing attack", so I am happy.

But Kagi makes me nervous. I only just found out that they uses Google. So I don't understand why the Proton support team said "There is no Google connection". Maybe Kagi doesn't use Google anymore. I don't know. Whatever.

Thanks to everyone who wrote back, and sorry if I wasted your time. But I didn't want to publish false information on my website about Lumo's web search. Thanks again.

And by the way, Lumo just got an update where it can generate images.

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[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

As I said, unless their official app distribution accounts were both compromised without anyone ever finding out and raising the alarm, and used to spread just a couple fairly hard to normally find instances of that URL, I think it's a lot more likely they just.... forgot to add it.

The alternative is much less likely: that someone specifically targeted this user with a message that knew exactly what they put in Proton's official contact form on their official domain, but chose not to ask for any information and just provided an answer to the question and then left.

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[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 point 4 months ago

forgot to add it.

Yeah. This type of stuff isn’t a great look. Carelessness from a company that’s supposed to protect privacy.

That’s what I’m saying.

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