Be careful! A new scam is attacking Netflix users
Did you receive an email that your Netflix account was frozen? This is a sophisticated fraud trying to steal your credit information. The company warned in the past that they would never ask users to submit personal information, including credit cards and passwords via email
Be careful! A new scam is attacking Netflix users
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Have you been notified that your Netflix account has been frozen? This is a sophisticated fraud and without prior knowledge, a vomit user can also fall into the trash. "This is a reminder that you have a balance to pay. When we attempted to charge automatically, the bank account declined the payment. Please log in to the account via the link below, and enter your credit information or make the payment in a different way," the email sent worldwide. Also signed at the end of the post "Friends of Netflix". As mentioned, this is a fraud and in such cases you have to log in to your account manually, through the official URL and check that the payment has been processed correctly.
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To the full articleOn the Naked Security site, we looked at the link and found that it leads to a site that was registered just a few weeks ago, and was probably set up specifically for the scam, along with other scams like Disney, Hulu and Spotify accounts. This is not the first time Netflix subscribers have suffered a phishing attack, and even the US Federal Trade Commission has warned of similar scams in the past. In extreme cases, users even reported that links of this type led them to download malware that locked them away from the computer. Netflix said in response that it would never ask users to send personal information, including an identity card, credit card and passwords, via email.
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If you deleted the email without clicking on it, both your email account and your computer are safe and secure, in fact - you've done the right thing. From a review conducted by the Naked Security site, you are protected even if you clicked on the link and did not enter your personal information. In similar cases where emails are received from one or the other service, it is recommended to connect to the official site manually or call if there is a call center available. If you entered the password or worse, the credit information, we recommend that you first cancel the credit, and secondly change the password on the official site.