Hello all,
Last week I received a fake (but convincing) email purporting to be from Amazon, saying that the billing address I had recently updated on my account couldn't be verified so could I clink on this link to verify it. Obviously I didn't. However I had in fact updated my billing address on Amazon just an hour or so earlier! I thought it was strange but put it down to coincidence.
However now I have just received a really dodgy looking fuzzy email supposedly from Netflix, telling me my most recent payment has failed. It is clear from looking at the actual senders email that this is not from Netflix. However I had a hour or so earlier logged into my real account and yes a payment has failed.
Although I'm not stupid enough to click on any of these scam links these people clearly have comprehensive access to my private account details! Does it matter (if I can spot these emails and avoid them) or else what should I do? How are they doing this. No money has been taken and presumably they don't have my personal or financial details otherwise they wouldn't be trying to get me to give them via a link.