Fraudsters often try to exploit big brand names to trick them into money and personal information. An e-mail is now being sent around, which has also ended up in Dagbladet’s tip e-mail, where the sender pretends to be from Netflix.
The email scam reads as follows:
“Hello! We could not validate your billing information for your subscription. If we don’t hear from you within the next 48 hours, your Netflix account will be suspended. We’d love to hear from you, just click below to update your details and continue to enjoy our service!”
– Has exploded
– Do not press
On the streaming service’s website comes the following information about phishing and suspicious emails claiming to be from Netflix.
– Have you received an email or text message (SMS) asking for your email address, phone number, password or payment method for your Netflix account? If so, it’s probably not from us.
Netflix adds that it will never ask anyone to provide personal information in a text message or email.
– If the text message or email links to a URL you do not recognize, do not tap or click on it. If you have already pressed or clicked on it, do not enter any information on the website that was accessed.
Big increase
It is not a new phenomenon that various fraud attempts keep appearing. In January la DNB produced a report which shows an increase in fraud attempts against the bank’s customers. In 2021, the bank registered an increase of 66 per cent in fraud cases.
According to the bank, the fraudulent method of online phishing, also known as phishing, has also exploded, with the number of attempts increasing by as much as 512 per cent last year.
– We see that the quality of the phishing attacks has increased. Therefore, more people are defrauded, including normally cautious people. The fraudsters are now using supposedly reliable channels such as SMS, Messenger and WhatsApp to manipulate people. They also use false advertising in social media and on various websites to lure people in, Sebastian Claydon Takle told DNB.
