Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
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Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
27-03-2018 7:01 PM - edited 27-03-2018 8:03 PM
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Just received this..
____________________________________________________________________________________
From <plusnet@comm.plus.net>
Subject Keeping your Plusnet account secure
Reply to mail.jblolydhduubitmdn@comm.plus.net
To XXXXXXX ( my name )
_____________________________________________________________________________________
If you can’t see this email, ( shudda gone to specsavers) -- (click here linky removed by O.P. ! ! ) | ||
Hello, At Plusnet we take the security of our customers very seriously and we want to make sure you are aware of how to protect yourself from potential 'phishing' scams. What is phishing? Phishing is a technique used by cyber criminals to coerce customers into disclosing sensitive information such as passwords. Phishing is an email or website that poses as a company or brand you recognise. Phishing emails are becoming more and more convincing, so you need to be wary every time you open an email with links, attachments or requests for personal information. These are some of the tell-tale signs to look out for:
By checking the sender's email address, you should be able to tell whether it is real. If you are still unsure, do not open or click on anything. If you are worried that you have clicked on a phishing link, the best advice is to change your Plusnet password. You can do this by visiting the Plusnet website and following these steps:
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Best Wishes, The Plusnet Team |
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( CLICK HERE linky removed by O.P.) to view this email in a new window | ||
This email has been sent because it contains important information about your service from Plusnet. Please don’t reply to this email as it is from an unmonitored address. Email ref: PHEM01 |
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Plusnet plc Registered Office Address: The Balance, 2 Pinfold Street, Sheffield, S1 2GU Registered in England, No: 3279013 |
Moderator's note by Adie (Dvorak) removed potentially malicious links.
Re: Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
28-03-2018 5:42 PM
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Looks genuine to me.
ADSL2+ Billion 8800NL
Re: Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
28-03-2018 5:58 PM
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Looks OK to me, too, but I haven't had one - yet.
Re: Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
28-03-2018 6:05 PM
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@jab1 that`s because you haven`t got enough "fixes" and "post count" to elevate you unto "privelige member" status !
Re: Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
28-03-2018 6:11 PM
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@shutter You may be right with that, or alternatively, PN know I've been on the web long enough to be able to spot spam.
As a serious point though, did you check the header for origination?
Re: Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
28-03-2018 7:00 PM
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on a serious point..... was there any need to ? ?
check out the "salutation" ...
Re: Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
28-03-2018 7:41 PM
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That 'salutation' - do you mean the 'reply to' bit? If so, and I agree it is bad practice, I have checked a couple of my old update emails and they include ridiculous names in the 'reply to' line, so I still say this could be genuine - without the full header, I ain't going to stick my neck out and say it definitely is, though.
Re: Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
28-03-2018 8:02 PM
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the "Salutation" normally refers to the "header" of a letter.... like
Dear sir,
Or
Dear Mr. XXXXX
Or
your username,
Or
your proper name, .
in the case of this type of message... it would, ( from Plusnet ) have your name as the "salutation" .
Re: Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
28-03-2018 8:37 PM
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OK, got you.
As you, for good reason, didn't post the HTML version of the mail, we can't see all of it, but it still looks fairly legit to me?
Do you still have it?
Re: Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
28-03-2018 8:46 PM
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yes
Re: Keeping your Plusnet safe - scam/virus ?
29-03-2018 8:14 AM
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Having passed the heading of the email to @jab1 he is of the opinion that it "may" be genuine, as the IP address is something used by BT bulk mailers.
he has also suggested that I alert @Gandalf and @adamwalker for their comments/investigations, as to why I am the only person this (seems) to have been sent to... and nobody else on the forum has said.... "Oh yes... I got that too." ...
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