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Netflix Phishing Scam Surfaces – Don’t be fooled!

March 6, 2018

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Another, on the long list of phishing scams, has just surfaced

This one targets the 44 million Netflix customers. Like many others, this scam is asking for your login credentials and may also affect your credit card info.

Netflix customers in the United Kingdom have received emails with the subject line “Important Notice”, followed by a large red button in the body of the email that says “Click here to verify your Account”. The email goes on to say “ Failure to complete the validation process will result in a suspension of your Netflix membership”, and then states the user would lose his account unless they complied within three days.

Like many of the other phishing scams, the spelling and grammar is not always perfect, if you examine the entire message closely you can usually spot errors that would lead you to believe it’s not really from Netflix. But then again, many people do not take the time, others may not catch the errors due to their own lack of grammatical skills.

So, What happens if you don’t catch on right away and you actually follow the link provided and enter in your actual login and Password? Well, now they not only have your login credentials, your entire profile is available to them with all your personal information. It gets worse. With your username and password from Netflix it’s also a chance that you’ve used the same credentials on other sites, such as Facebook, LinkedIN, Twitter and so on.

The scammers aren’t satisfied with just your login and password, right after you enter this info, another page is presented asking for your billing info. You know what kind of problem that’s going to present.

The good news is, there is a way to combat these crooks and these tips hold true for any email that is asking for account verification.The obvious way, but possibly time consuming, just call them. Usually you’ll find it was time well spent, in every case it sure beats the time it takes to put your finances back in order if you find you have been scammed.

The faster option, instead of clicking the link, just type the URL of the company in question into your web browser. You should be able to tell quickly if your account needs to be updated or not.

And, if you do fall for the scam and actually did go through the entire process, make sure you call the company in question immediately along with others that hold the information that was targeted as soon as you figure out you’ve been duped. Good Luck!