We’ve seen fake emails claiming to be from courier company DHL. Don’t be taken in – you don’t have a parcel to collect or track if the email looks like this.
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Scam DHL email says you have a parcel to collect
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Scam warning: BT Brexit phishing email
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This phishing email, disguising itself as from ‘BT’, has a Brexit twist. It’s a scam designed to steal your personal data. Here’s exactly what it looks like.
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Netflix customers targeted by scam emails
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Sophisticated phishing emails purporting to be from Netflix are attempting to extort customer bank details. Here are two examples you need to watch out for.
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Scam warning: British Gas phishing email
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A phishing email purporting to be from British Gas is fraudulently promising customers a ‘refund’ of more than £400. Have you come across it?
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Scam email warning: fake Mirror websites
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Scammers are still using Martin Lewis’s image in fraudulent Bitcoin adverts, but now they’re emailing them directly using fake mockups of the Mirror’s website.
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TV Licence scammers are spoofing Fairtrade
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There’s no rest for the wicked. Scammers have found a way to get a common TV licence scam past your spam filters. Could you spot it? Here’s how they did it.
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Are you concerned your emails might be read by a third party?
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How do you feel about your email being scanned, and possibly even read by the employees of third-party companies, asks Kate Bevan…
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Scam watch: fraudsters hack email to pose as customer
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A member discovered his email had been hacked by fraudsters who plundered his details and attempted to steal funds using his signature. When his investment company contacted him, he knew it was an email scam.
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Scam watch: ‘free iPhones for testers’ email
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When a member received an email from ‘Apple’ claiming she’d been selected to test a brand new iPhone X, she rightly questioned it… (more on free iPhone email…)
Will you benefit from the ban on EU mobile roaming charges?
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A ban on mobile roaming charges in the EU comes into force on 15 June. The new ‘Roam at Home’ rules should bring savings for consumers and businesses alike. But it’s not quite a blanket ban. So will you benefit from the new rules?
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Your view: is it OK to send electronic greetings cards?
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Last Saturday’s convo about price increases on stamps pulled out some interesting insights into your views on sending greetings cards – or rather, avoiding electronic greetings cards… (more on electronic greetings cards…)
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Scam watch: have you been tricked into signing up for online services?
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A Which? member was signed up to an Amazon seller plan he didn’t ask for. But would you know what to do? (more on phishing emails…)
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Is the latest PayPal imitation scam email the most sophisticated yet?
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Scammers are ramping up their efforts to catch you out with their phishing emails – and the latest PayPal imitation scam email is frighteningly realistic. (more on PayPal scam email…)
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Scam watch: Have you spotted a spoof email?
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A Which? member’s wife’s email account was hacked and her details were used to send a very convincing phishing email containing a link to a copycat website to her contacts. Had the link been clicked on by the recipients, it could have asked for financial details or contained malware. (more on spoof emails…)