This has also been happening for a few months now. These tells started with contests for gil as their phishing hook mostly, but as soon as the patch 5.3 covid-19 delay was announced they switched to these fake polls that are usually about a covid related delay to the expansion. Presumably, because people are more likely to respond to the appeal to emotion than they are to contests of free gil. It doesn't sound as scammy I guess.

What SE could do is put up an announcement on the launcher like they did with the twitch phishing attempts that mimicked prominent twitch streamers. That warning is still pinned to the main launcher headlines and I think the same about in-game phishing tells would be a good idea on their part. I'm actually surprised they haven't done it yet since it's an easy way to let people know about it as well as let people know that they know about it. Every time I log in I take a quick glance at the news feed to see if something is there yet.