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TOF1998
08-01-2009, 11:03
I Had this message delivered to my inbox this morning,
Dear Email Account Owner,
This message is from Virgin Media messaging center to all email
account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account
center. We are deleting all our Virgin Media and other personal email
accounts to create more space for new accounts.
To prevent Virgin Media and personal account from closing you will have
to update it below so that we will know that it's a presently used account.
We have been sending this notice to all email account owners and this is
the last notice/verification exercise.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Email Username :.......... .....
EMAIL Password :................
Date of Birth :................
Country or Territory:..........
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within
Seven days of
receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
Thank you for Virgin Media!
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
Thanks,
Virgin Media Account Upgrade Team

Thanks

Brian

Derek
08-01-2009, 11:05
Yep its bogus. Delete it.

BenMcr
08-01-2009, 11:08
http://netreport.virginmedia.com

TOF1998
08-01-2009, 11:17
Thanks for the speedy reply,
Message has been deleted

Cheers

Brian

Stuart
08-01-2009, 11:29
No reputable company asks for information like that in an email. Email is not secure, they could get themselves into all sorts of problems by asking for that info.

If your Bank/Building Society/ISP or any other reputable company you deal with needs that information, they should advise you to contact them.

They should also be happy for you to confirm it at your local branch (assuming they have any), and should have a way you can contact them (phone, website etc).

If you are given a link to the website in an email, ignore it. Go to their main site. The options you need *should* be accessible from there.

Welshchris
08-01-2009, 14:39
my friend had a call the other day from someone claiming to be from Virgin media. Rang him up, knew his name, address etc and said that he wanted to upgrade his billing details for his Virgin Media account. Thing is he doesnt hold one hes on Sky and the bloke hang up so it was obviously a bogus call but imagine how many people get caught.

Kymmy
08-01-2009, 14:43
The crooks are even going further than that... take this local news report for instance :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7817660.stm

Derek
08-01-2009, 15:01
The crooks are even going further than that... take this local news report for instance :(

Although to be fair the people phoning in should have realised something was up when their calls were getting answered and the person on the other end was polite and helpful. ;)