Out of date version of email application

[A+double+M]

I've received the following email today about access to my emails from my

mobile phone possibly using expired applications such as Apple etc and if I don't update my settings by clicking on the link I won't be able to access my

emails from 15th Jan 2023

is this genuine ?

 

Dear User,

We wrote to you last year as we noticed that you may be accessing your Sky.com email on your mobile, tablet or other device using an out-of-date version of an email application such as Apple Mail, Outlook or Windows Live Mail.

Out-of-date versions of these email applications will no longer be supported by Sky.com from January 14th . This is to make sure you have a better and more consistent experience with your Sky.com emails.

You will need to make some quick updates so you can continue to access your mailbox.

If you do nothing, you will no longer be able to access your Sky.com mailbox from January 15th 2023 .

To verify your email and instructions on how to update your mailbox, please click here  and follow the link to 'Update your email'. 

Kind regards,

Thank you for choosing Sky. We'll be in touch again soon.

The Sky Team

Moderator note: Removed third party URL

[Mark39 · Accepted solution]

No, it's an attempt to spam or hack your email account. Even if the app your using is out of date, verifying your email address as the link purports to do, won't make any difference.

Most likely it's an attempt to capture your log in details or verify that your email address is active for future spamming or scamming.

Just mark the email as spam and otherwise ignore it.

[caesarome]

That link goes to a Google docs site so is nothing to do with Sky,

Sadly these emails have been doing the rounds for years now so if you receive anymore just keep marking them as spam.

[Pug-lover]

12th Jan 2023,

similar scam mail to others but with a link to a google.doc file - wifey nearly fell for it but asked me to double-check first. I'm convinced it is a scam as there is no verification content.

Reported as spam.

[Roosey]

I did check the email address on email-checker.net and it said its OK. I still felt I did not trust it and have ignored .   @Mark39  @A+double+M  @Pug-lover @caesarome 

[Chloe-W22]

Yep thanks @caesarome, @Mark39 definitely a new scam that's kicking off. Sky wouldn't use Weebly 🙂

[tnecniv]

Receieved similar email today from

 @Anonymous..@sky.com>   (address not allowed by sky.com restrictions)

today.

Poor presentation and quality raised concerns immediately.

[caesarome]

If you want you can forward it to Sky via this address:

abuse@sky.com

[Andyb47]

Hi 

I've had the same email recently, I thought it was fake so I'm glad I took the time to check on here 

👍

[Digglesme]

Hi

Just to say that the out of date sky was via a Notification, which surprised me to see, as it didn't feel real. After telling hub re it cleared the Notification,  as well as removing some icons from bottom tray which also sprang up at same time.  Never received any emails re it at all.   It's useful to see what's in Notifications, even if you've ticked it.

cheers Diggy

[jayach]

@Digglesme 

Thanks for letting the forum know, but I haven't a clue what you are on about.😕