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Scamming email
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10-02-2018
2:51 PM
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11-02-2018
4:08 PM
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dvorak
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got this email today,10/2/2018 from, 'PLUSNET ONLINE (XXXX@btinternet.com)':
Dear Customer,
Your account safety is our top priority.
We noticed unusual sign in attempts from an unknown location.
It may be because you are signing in from a new device or someone has access to the email.
Please click Update to restore your account and continue using our service.
Thanks for taking this additional step to keep your account safe.
Sincerely,
PLUSNET Account Services
I can't find who to report it to so I posted it here. It looks very scammy to me
Moderator's note by Mike (Mav): Edited link to make it unclickable.
Moderator's note by Adie (Dvorak) removed an email address
Re: Scamming email
10-02-2018 3:05 PM
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Moderator's note by Mike (Mav): This thread is now in the appropriate board.
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Re: Scamming email
10-02-2018 4:59 PM - edited 10-02-2018 5:00 PM
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That is clearly a phish email. The link will go to a non plusnet site, but the other obvious clue is the from address.
Please can the moderators remove the address, as it's more than likely to be a valid address, and should not be in these public forums. They won't be too happy to see it here. (Mav, you should have removed it when moving the post).
Re: Scamming email
10-02-2018 11:17 PM
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Dear Mods, why has that post not been amended to delete the email address?
Re: Scamming email
18-02-2018 9:20 AM
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@AlexD, @adamwalker, @MatthewWheeler, @Gandalf Can we have a plusnet response please
Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: Scamming email
18-02-2018 10:03 AM
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@SpinDryer Because I assume that it was a private email address which could be seen by all and sundry including Google
Re: Scamming email
18-02-2018 10:38 AM
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Absolutely Oldjim.
These forums are public.
The email address initially included is pretty much clearly a non service email and an end user on btinternet. They haven't given their permission for it to be published.
Virtually all scams/spam have fake or spoofed, often forged email addresses as the from address, and many times they belong to unsuspecting users. This can have consequences sometimes of that poor user receiving 10s of 1000s of bounce messages (or irate replies) in response to a spammer using a single email address as the from address. This can cause havoc and serious issues for businesses whose email systems could drown in all that noise.
Re: Scamming email
19-02-2018 3:56 PM
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