As mentioned previously, we now get one or two of these a week, and normally they are easy to spot, but sometimes less so.
This is a typical example of one which is more sophisticated:
The easy way to tell about suspicious hyperlinks like the one here (“update”), is simply to hover your cursor over the link — without clicking — and the actual address you’ll be taken to will appear near the bottom of the screen. If it shows something not at the real website, forward it to the organisation it’s pretending to be from, then delete it.
Info from thehits.co.nz:
“If the victim does click on the ‘verification’ link in the email they are taken to a phishing website set up to look like a real Netflix login page.
“The fake login page will collect the victim’s email address and Netflix password and then send them to a page that harvests their credit card details including 3 digit security code and expiry date.
“Netflix has shared these tips to keep your information safe and secure:
- Never enter your login or financial details after following a link in an email or text message. If you’re unsure if you’re visiting our legitimate Netflix website, type http://www.netflix.com directly into your web browser.
- Never click on any links or open any attachments in an email or text message you received unexpectedly, regardless of the source.
- If you suspect an email or text message is not from Netflix, do not reply to it. Forward it to us.” [phishing@netflix.com]