Monday 28 June 2021

Beware of a fake phishing scam email from BT

 


This is a screen shot [click image to view enlarged] taken from an email received by a local resident purporting to be a scam email as shown. It appears authentic and phishing for your personal details to update your billing information thereby allowing the scammer to obtain your personal details. DO NOT click or submit to such unsolicited suscipious emails without verifying them.

The domain seems fictitious and not registered. Another resident claims to receive two of these a day!

Such scams should be reported to https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/reporting-fraud-and-cyber-crime. The information you give to Action Fraud can help track down the scammer.


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