topic Scam Sky E mail? in Account & Billing

Scam Sky E mail?

upsetwiththis — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:20:19 GMT

Is <sky (ampersand) email.contact.sky> a valid E mail? I am being offered Sky Essential TV for £11 a month.

Re: Scam Sky E mail?

SKY1992bf — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:28:12 GMT

@upsetwiththis How does it address you?

dear customer or by your first name if the former it's likely to be fake

Re: Scam Sky E mail?

upsetwiththis — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:34:58 GMT

It addresses me 'Hello [correct abbreviated first name].' It's the lack of '.co' or '.com' that has made me suspicious.

Re: Scam Sky E mail?

caesarome — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 04:37:57 GMT

@upsetwiththis

Can you post a screenshot of this email but blank out your email address.

Re: Scam Sky E mail?

TimmyBGood — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:14:09 GMT

@upsetwiththis wrote:

It's the lack of '.co' or '.com' that has made me suspicious.

dot sky is a legitimate top level domain (TLD) registered to Sky International AG in Switzerland which manages it on behalf of Sky Group (a division of the Comcast Corporation) : it's been around for a decade since the ICANN gTLD expansion.

https://www.skygroup.sky/nic-sky

There are far more TLDs than most people are aware of: you've demonstrated why in practice they are rarely used.

https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt

Re: Scam Sky E mail?

TimmyBGood — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:05:25 GMT

@upsetwiththis

https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/sky-a4-01apr16-en.pdf

Re: Scam Sky E mail?

upsetwiththis — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:45:55 GMT

Thank you all. It would appear that the address with which I was concerned is genuine.

Thank you very much for all your help. 🙂