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Post by everso on Mar 11, 2009 1:59:14 GMT
I'm on BT Broadband and I think some other board members are as well, so I thought I'd let you know about an email I received today which wasn't filtered by BT (oddly enough). Dear Customer,
This e-mail has been sent to you by BT to inform you that we were unable to process your most recent payment of bill.This might be due to either of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information. (eg: billing address, phone)
2. Submitting incorrect information during bill payment process.
Due to this, to ensure that your service is not interrupted, we request you to confirm and update your billing information today by clicking here.
If you have already confirmed your billing information then please disregard this message as we are processing the changes you have made.
Kind regards,
BT Total Broadband team
It looked pretty authentic, except that it called me "Dear Customer", and wanted me to link to another website, which asked for security info. I googled it and it appears it's a phishing email. I get hundreds of emails from various building societies and banks requesting me to link to their site (all phishing emails) but this is the first time I've received one purporting to come from BT. I'd like to get hold of one of these shitty little bastards who try this sort of thing on. What I wouldn't do.  |
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Post by Flatypus on Mar 11, 2009 2:14:39 GMT
It's a real give-away when you are not on their service or do not bank with them.
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Post by percyplum on Mar 11, 2009 9:09:21 GMT
Anything addressed to "Dear Customer" rather than my name gets alarm bells ringing.
Also I'd never click on a link supplied in an email from someone I either didn't know or thought to be spurious.
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Post by motorist on Mar 11, 2009 9:51:53 GMT
Even if I get sent a link by a friend I check with them first to find out what it is. Otherwise I click no links that I haven't looked for first (or are just news links)
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Post by rjpageuk on Mar 11, 2009 11:02:14 GMT
Indeed, never click on links in emails.
If you are a BT customer and need to do this you can do it via their website you dont need to ever click on links in emails.
Almost all companies realise this now and rarely put links in their emails and will always make available whatever you need to do through your account on their website which you can log into without ever clicking on any links in emails.
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Post by gIant on Mar 11, 2009 19:53:25 GMT
I have had one of these as well. Dead giveaway as I am not with BT.
On a similar theme has anyone else noticed that a lot of similar emails are being supposedly from banks?
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Post by everso on Mar 11, 2009 20:03:33 GMT
I have had one of these as well. Dead giveaway as I am not with BT.
On a similar theme has anyone else noticed that a lot of similar emails are being supposedly from banks? Trouble is, I am! Yes, I get so many bank and building society emails (phishing ones), it's scary. |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Mar 11, 2009 20:56:05 GMT
Anything addressed to "Dear Customer" rather than my name gets alarm bells ringing. Also I'd never click on a link supplied in an email from someone I either didn't know or thought to be spurious. Absolutely spot on. Dear customer = Delete or send to the "alleged" company's fraud/phishing dept AH |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2009 22:53:03 GMT
Where do you peeps go that your details become available ? I get no spam .None at all .
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Mar 11, 2009 23:00:57 GMT
I don't really get much spam, I just know what to do when I do receive it... I did once receive a genuine snailmail scam letter though...claiming I had won around six hundred thousand euros in the "spanish lottery", I really should've kept it, they are quite rare in the age of electronic scams.  AH |
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Post by everso on Mar 11, 2009 23:13:51 GMT
Where do you peeps go that your details become available ? I get no spam .None at all . I have a website, ARF, and have also left my email address on various family history websites. Nowadays I have a separate hotmail account for just such stuff, but I was naive in my early on-line days and used my BT email address that I download into Outlook.  |
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Post by Patrick on Mar 12, 2009 12:59:56 GMT
BT of course have quite a rigorous Spam folder on your account webspace - I've had to check up on there frequently when obviously normal post gets lost in there.
I don't get a lot with the Post Office Either - so I imagine that they must have one too - after all - they are only BT under a different name, but I'm blowed if I can find it!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2009 14:12:10 GMT
Where do you peeps go that your details become available ? I get no spam .None at all . and have also left my email address on various family history websites. Nowadays I have a separate hotmail account for just such stuff, but I was naive in my early on-line days and used my BT email address that I download into Outlook. Ooohh ! May I be permitted ? ( not publicly natch ! ) Us mad axe killers do need fresh victims you know ! |
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