Is this yet another scam?

I had the same email

I received one allegedly from PayPal yesterday, saying my details needed to be updated. They couldn't even write decent English!

If in doubt I check - my bugbear is that I do use EBay and every so often people have used my e-bay account to place fake orders. I e-mail the seller and tell them that I didn't place the order and then contact EBay who are always brilliant - really helpful. The last time was for an expensive camera and lenst, a parka and some baby equipment. At over 70, not a photographer, having a perfectly good parka and no babies in the offing, EBay had a good laugh!

Did they actually say that your tv ‘would go off’ ? Rather a scam giveaway.

I had a scam emial saying I'd almost reached the limit of emails my in box could hold and I needed to click on a link to up my storage capacity. It looked convincing especially as I thought it could be true that I've kept too many emails. Luckily I checked on line and it is a scam which has been around for several years.

A scam!

Yes had this a week or so ago. Reported it on here, I haven't paid TV licence for 4 years I am 79!

Have had a few emails recently looking very genuine from my internet provider saying I needed to update my details or I would be disconnected on - date given. The first one received was just after I had changed my contract so I contacted my supplier who confirmed it was a scam and other worried customers had received same. Clever scam?

We've had the Amazon one.

bill, even!

I had the same tv licence email last week. This is a scam and I forwarded it on to the phishing department of my provider. Silly thing is, I don’t pay this particular bil!!

I always run suspect email addresses through the scam checker. If in doubt do not open!

At this time of year when lots of orders are being placed with Amazon beware of scam emails purportedly from them, quoting non existent order numbers and asking you to click on a link regarding your order. I had one that said unless I cancelled my request for Amazon prime plus by clicking a link within 24 hours they would deduct £79 a month from my account. I just deleted it.

It's a scam

I believe the scams ask for bank details. I've just got an email from the DVLA about car tax which isn't due until January. Luckily it isn't asking for details but I'm keeping a closer eye than usual on my bank statements.

Send them all the wrong details A60 and let them waste their time trying to input it

There was an astrology page on Facebook recently and if I wanted a free reading I had to put my date of birth, sex and other personal info. I stopped because I was giving info that could be used in a scam.

If you click on the sender at the top of the email it will reveal the senders email. The scam from the TV licence on my email said it had come from au I.e. Australia.

Yes, it is a scam. I’ve had it twice. Send it on to Action Fraud then delete it.

Scam, no doubt about it. Leave well alone.

We had a new one the other day - the caller from an 0154 number said he was from the Ministry of Justice and they had found that our bank had overcharged us - doubtless he would have asked for our bank details next if we hadn't cut him off!

I just love the many letters and emails I get from a bank person in Nigeria or China telling me that an unknown deceased relative has left a lot of money in their bank and I am the nearest relative they can trace, as I have a similar surname. All I have to do is send them my bank details so that the money can be transferred.
HO HO HO! Happy Christmas everyone.

I had it yesterday, saying my direct debit had been declined. But i had checked my bank acc previous day and all my dds had been paid and I had plenty money in the account. These scams are very genuine looking, but no-one should ever ever put their bank details in to any unexpected email. Often a clue that its a scam is that its not addressed to you in person.

Known scam.

Watch out for the refund scam on your phone or by text from national insurance.