Scam email received regarding update of account details

hansi · 18-08-2009, 09:24

Has anyone else received an email purporting to be from Virgin asking the account holder to click on a link and verify account details? I take it, it is a scam?

Kymmy · 18-08-2009, 09:28

Easiest way of telling is to look at the REAL HYPERLINKED URL (hover the mouse over the link) and if it's not ....virginmedia.com/... but instead something like ...virginmedia.limdadsf.com then yes it is a phishing email...

Though gawd knows why they'd want to phish a VM account as it's not as if they can take money out of it..

Raistlin · 18-08-2009, 09:32

Yes.

It's a scam.

v0id · 18-08-2009, 11:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kymmy

Though gawd knows why they'd want to phish a VM account as it's not as if they can take money out of it..

The login info is usually the same login for the primary mail boxes on the account

Kymmy · 18-08-2009, 12:37

But still why would they need it?? Not as if they can't spoof a domain/IP when they send out SPAM..