It looks like , it says “Netflix”, it has all the data that points to Netflix. But it’s not Netflix writing to you. You may have received an email in recent weeks informing you that payments to Netflix have been suspended. Maybe you don’t even have a Netflix account and the email came to you anyway. Or maybe he hasn’t come yet, but that will change any day now. One thing is important – do not click on anything in it.
No, Netflix does not send a payment hold notification email
The email comes under different titles. Sometimes it is a “Warning”, sometimes it is “Attention!”, and other times you may receive a simple “Notification about suspension of payment”. This simple trick causes the user to completely turn off their thinking and not check what came to them and why. He stops looking carefully at the content of the message, which is written incorrectly in Polish. However, the colors match, the logo matches, there is even an American Netflix address, which – no one will check it on Google Maps – looks real.
In the middle of the message, a characteristic red button encourages you to log in to Netflix, urging you to do it quickly, otherwise you will lose access to the “best series and programs”. At this point you should have deleted this message, but if you clicked on it, you landed on a page that looks very similar to the Netflix login page. Except, of course, it isn’t.
The address in the web browser shows that not everything is correct here, and the website with Netflix only has the same appearance. Further steps: completing logging in, providing payment card details – will result in depleting the account to which the card is connected. The suggestion that you are dealing with a fake message is also contained in the email itself – entering the sender details shows that the message was sent from an address that has no connection with Netflix – apart from the fact that Netflix does not usually send such information by email. The user can read about payment problems after logging in to the (real) platform.
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Another wave of “Netflix” scam
These types of campaigns impersonating large brands are unfortunately still very popular – and clearly they must be effective if they are still used. Thieves impersonate Netflix, Allegro, Amazon, PayPal… the list is endless and the net is cast very widely. Currently, the chances that you have an account on at least some of these websites are huge, and all you need to get in touch with them is an e-mail. Which you have provided dozens, if not hundreds of times on the Internet, right?
Since fraud most often involves a suspended payment or problems with payment card details, it is easiest to log in to the website in question yourself and check if everything is correct. Never use buttons or links contained in an email (unless you have just clicked on the “password reminder” request). Fake emails can be reported to CERT, which periodically informs about new waves of fraud. A person who falls victim to fraud must act quickly. Theoretically, until the bank records transfers made by thieves, they can be withheld – some banks offer the option of canceling the transfer. Even after the payment has been recorded, you can try to complain about the transaction to the bank. The theft must also be reported to the police.
Note – even the most intelligent and experienced Internet user can fall for this type of fraud.
Source: Gazeta
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