Spam emails

[Anonymous]

Just a quick warning. I had an email supposedly from O2, saying 'thanks for staying with O2 your bill is ready to view £445.93 !! with a link to view my bill. It used my name and everything and looked almost genuine. It would be very easy for someone to go to 'view my bill' in pure panic (my bills are normally about £10!)

I make a rule of never following links and, if in doubt, go into the company cocerned's own website or phone.

Plaese watch out for this scam

[Martin-O2]

Sorry @jonsie I get at least 2 a week atm

[MI5]

But jonsie IS special tho

[adamtemp64]

most companies actively act on phishing reports amazons here https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201909130

and of couse action frauds reporting page http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/asov

the more reports they get they can close the scammers down

[Martin-O2]

Very useful links, thanks for sharing @adamtemp64! 

[Anonymous]

I find amazon ones too 

[MercedesS]

Hello @Anonymous,

if you could please come back and help us with more information... If not, as they said, please report it! 

From The blue, a nice article to read: 

Phishing alert - updated April 2017

• Scam uses ‘large bill’ to scare people into clicking link
• When clicked, the link will download suspected malware to your computer

We often give advice on phishing scams – a form of fraud which impersonates a company in order to steal sensitive information such as login details [...] 

How can I spot it?
The most obvious and consistent difference is if the email is addressed differently to how we usually address you. Most phishing attempts (email or text) will have a rogue link that may look genuine but isn’t.  The best way to check is by hovering your mouse cursor over it and reading what it says at the bottom of the screen. If it’s any different to http://www.o2.co.uk/myo2  – don’t click it.

[read all article here: Phishing alert - updated April 2017]