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Discussion topic: Email advising 24hrs to VALIDATE MY ACCOUNT by clicking a link in the email SCAM

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This message was authored by Westoe1962 This message was authored by: Westoe1962

Email advising 24hrs to VALIDATE MY ACCOUNT by clicking a link in the email SCAM

Validating my account  by clicking the link below convinced its a scam any comments from the community


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This message was authored by Mark39 This message was authored by: Mark39 Answer

Re: Email advising 24hrs to VALIDATE MY ACCOUNT by clicking a link in the email SCAM

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Yes, it's almost certainly a scam. The link will take you to a fake login page designed to capture your user name and password.  Mark it as spam and delete it. 

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This message was authored by Mark39 This message was authored by: Mark39 Answer

Re: Email advising 24hrs to VALIDATE MY ACCOUNT by clicking a link in the email SCAM

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Yes, it's almost certainly a scam. The link will take you to a fake login page designed to capture your user name and password.  Mark it as spam and delete it. 

This message was authored by twilight+princess This message was authored by: twilight+princess

Re: Email advising 24hrs to VALIDATE MY ACCOUNT by clicking a link in the email SCAM

100% scam. If you hover the mouse over any links I bet they do not point to a genuine Sky url.

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Westoe1962
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This message was authored by Westoe1962 This message was authored by: Westoe1962

Re: Email advising 24hrs to VALIDATE MY ACCOUNT by clicking a link in the email SCAM

the one that arrived today had a yahoo email address so thjey are getting cleverer but still scam. rang sky CS they confirmed no such email has been sent out from sky/yahoo

This message was authored by jayach This message was authored by: jayach

Re: Email advising 24hrs to VALIDATE MY ACCOUNT by clicking a link in the email SCAM

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@Westoe1962 wrote:

the one that arrived today had a yahoo email address 


That will be the address of someone who previously fell for the scam.

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