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Checking a whether an email is a scam

JLH60 — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:10:39 GMT

I've received this email and I don't know if it is genuine: It purports to be from someone from Sky saying that my email account is currently outdated and that I haave incoming emails on hold. It has asked me to click on a link to re-validate my webmail mailbox. The email has the Sky logo and is from a Susan Mcniff:

I have had several emails over the last week like this - some from Sky and some from Yahoo who I'm with

Re: Checking a whether an email is a scam

Mark39 — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:36:11 GMT

That's an attempt to scam you. The link will probably take you to a fake login page to capture your password.

Providing you can login via Sky.com here, you're fine https://www.sky.com/signin/email

Re: Checking a whether an email is a scam

caesarome — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:46:07 GMT

This is how you can tell if it is from Sky or not:

@JLH60 wrote:

Isaying that my email account is currently outdated

As Yahoo and Sky do not send out such emails as our account do not go out of date so mark this email as spam and do the same should you be sent anymore,

Re: Checking a whether an email is a scam

JLH60 — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:57:00 GMT

Thank you. It gets so confusing

Re: Checking a whether an email is a scam

Mark39 — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:07:59 GMT

As a rule of thumb, disregard any text or email message asking you to do anything with your Sky Yahoo Mail account. It's practically a certainty that they won't be genuine.