diff --git a/tests/generic/453 b/tests/generic/453
index 930e6408ff..855243a860 100755
--- a/tests/generic/453
+++ b/tests/generic/453
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ setf() {
 	echo "Storing ${key} ($(hexbytes "${key}")) -> ${value}" >> $seqres.full
 }
 
+setchild() {
+	subdir="$1"
+	key="$(echo -e "$2")"
+
+	mkdir -p "${testdir}/${subdir}"
+	echo "$subdir" > "${testdir}/${subdir}/${key}"
+	echo "Storing ${subdir}/${key} ($(hexbytes "${key}")) -> ${subdir}" >> $seqres.full
+}
+
 setd() {
 	key="$(echo -e "$1")"
 	value="$2"
@@ -63,6 +72,24 @@ testf() {
 	fi
 }
 
+testchild() {
+	subdir="$1"
+	key="$(echo -e "$2")"
+	fname="${testdir}/${subdir}/${key}"
+
+	echo "Testing ${subdir}/${key} ($(hexbytes "${key}")) -> ${subdir}" >> $seqres.full
+
+	if [ ! -e "${fname}" ]; then
+		echo "Key ${key} does not exist for ${subdir} test??"
+		return
+	fi
+
+	actual_value="$(cat "${fname}")"
+	if [ "${actual_value}" != "${subdir}" ]; then
+		echo "Key ${key} has value ${subdir}, expected ${actual_value}."
+	fi
+}
+
 testd() {
 	key="$(echo -e "$1")"
 	value="$2"
@@ -152,7 +179,27 @@ setd "..\xe2\x80\x8d" "zero width joiners in dotdot entry"
 setf "toilet_bowl.\xf0\x9f\x9a\xbd" "toilet emoji"
 setf "toilet_bow\xe2\x80\x8dl.\xf0\x9f\x9a\xbd" "toilet emoji with zero width joiner"
 
-ls -la $testdir >> $seqres.full
+# decoy file extensions used in 3cx malware attack, and similar ones
+setchild "one_dot_leader" "job offer\xe2\x80\xa4pdf"
+setchild "small_full_stop" "job offer\xef\xb9\x92pdf"
+setchild "fullwidth_full_stop" "job offer\xef\xbc\x8epdf"
+setchild "syriac_supralinear" "job offer\xdc\x81pdf"
+setchild "syriac_sublinear" "job offer\xdc\x82pdf"
+setchild "lisu_letter_tone" "job offer\xea\x93\xb8pdf"
+setchild "actual_period" "job offer.pdf"
+setchild "one_dot_leader_zero_width_space" "job offer\xe2\x80\xa4\xe2\x80\x8dpdf"
+
+# again, but this time all in the same directory to trip the confusable
+# detector
+setf "job offer\xe2\x80\xa4pdf" "one dot leader"
+setf "job offer\xef\xb9\x92pdf" "small full stop"
+setf "job offer\xef\xbc\x8epdf" "fullwidth full stop"
+setf "job offer\xdc\x81pdf" "syriac supralinear full stop"
+setf "job offer\xdc\x82pdf" "syriac sublinear full stop"
+setf "job offer\xea\x93\xb8pdf" "lisu letter tone mya ti"
+setf "job offer.pdf" "actual period"
+
+ls -laR $testdir >> $seqres.full
 
 echo "Test files"
 testf "french_caf\xc3\xa9.txt" "NFC"
@@ -205,6 +252,23 @@ testd "..\xe2\x80\x8d" "zero width joiners in dotdot entry"
 testf "toilet_bowl.\xf0\x9f\x9a\xbd" "toilet emoji"
 testf "toilet_bow\xe2\x80\x8dl.\xf0\x9f\x9a\xbd" "toilet emoji with zero width joiner"
 
+testchild "one_dot_leader" "job offer\xe2\x80\xa4pdf"
+testchild "small_full_stop" "job offer\xef\xb9\x92pdf"
+testchild "fullwidth_full_stop" "job offer\xef\xbc\x8epdf"
+testchild "syriac_supralinear" "job offer\xdc\x81pdf"
+testchild "syriac_sublinear" "job offer\xdc\x82pdf"
+testchild "lisu_letter_tone" "job offer\xea\x93\xb8pdf"
+testchild "actual_period" "job offer.pdf"
+testchild "one_dot_leader_zero_width_space" "job offer\xe2\x80\xa4\xe2\x80\x8dpdf"
+
+testf "job offer\xe2\x80\xa4pdf" "one dot leader"
+testf "job offer\xef\xb9\x92pdf" "small full stop"
+testf "job offer\xef\xbc\x8epdf" "fullwidth full stop"
+testf "job offer\xdc\x81pdf" "syriac supralinear full stop"
+testf "job offer\xdc\x82pdf" "syriac sublinear full stop"
+testf "job offer\xea\x93\xb8pdf" "lisu letter tone mya ti"
+testf "job offer.pdf" "actual period"
+
 echo "Uniqueness of inodes?"
 stat -c '%i' "${testdir}/"* | sort | uniq -c | while read nr inum; do
 	if [ "${nr}" -gt 1 ]; then
@@ -228,6 +292,19 @@ if _check_xfs_scrub_does_unicode "$SCRATCH_MNT" "$SCRATCH_DEV"; then
 	grep -q "zerojoin_" $tmp.scrub || echo "No complaints about zero-width join confusables?"
 	grep -q "toilet_" $tmp.scrub || echo "No complaints about zero-width join confusables with emoji?"
 
+	# Does xfs_scrub complain at all about the job offer files?  Pre-2023
+	# versions did not know to screen for that.
+	if grep -q "job offer" $tmp.scrub; then
+		grep -q 'job offer.xe2.x80.xa4pdf' $tmp.scrub || echo "No complaints about one dot leader?"
+		grep -q "job offer.xef.xb9.x92pdf" $tmp.scrub || echo "No complaints about small full stop?"
+		grep -q "job offer.xef.xbc.x8epdf" $tmp.scrub || echo "No complaints about fullwidth full stop?"
+		grep -q "job offer.xdc.x81pdf" $tmp.scrub || echo "No complaints about syriac supralinear full stop?"
+		grep -q "job offer.xdc.x82pdf" $tmp.scrub || echo "No complaints about syriac sublinear full stop?"
+		grep -q "job offer.xea.x93.xb8pdf" $tmp.scrub || echo "No complaints about lisu letter tone mya ti?"
+		grep -q "job offer.*could be confused with" $tmp.scrub || echo "No complaints about confusing job offers?"
+		grep -q "job offer.xe2.x80.xa4.xe2.x80.x8dpdf" $tmp.scrub || echo "No complaints about one dot leader with invisible space?"
+	fi
+
 	echo "Actual xfs_scrub output:" >> $seqres.full
 	cat $tmp.scrub >> $seqres.full
 fi
