Property News · January 14, 2015

It looks genuine … but don’t fall for this BT email scam


It said my bank card had failed and as I needed to pay my bill I respondedI’d like to make you and your readers aware of a scam email I fell for. It claimed to be from BT and evaded my spam filter to arrive in my Yahoo email account. It stated that my bank card held on its records had failed, and that I needed to pay my BT bill or face losing my internet connection. Having changed bank account recently and being in a hurry – I didn’t look at it properly – I logged on to what I thought was my BT account and input my card details. Fortunately, I realised something was not quite right and was able to cancel my bank card before anything bad happened. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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