Heads up - tv licence phishing scam

[Turn7]

Just had a pretty convincing email from the TV licencing people, claiming my DD had bounced, and the click thru the link and enter new details.....

Now, as I pay quarterly not monthly, it raised my suspicion......but the graphical look of it all was very convincing....

It was only when you started to look at the details of the email header you could see it was iffy to say the least....

[The_Jackal]

I bet loads will fall for it though.
Even though people have been told for years to not click on links in unsolicited emails.
I guess half the problem is explaining what unsolicited means to half the people.

[ging84]

This scam has been around for some time.
It's very similar to a tax scam because it has the element of jeopardy that you have committed a crime and must act immediately which makes them very compelling.

[babelfish]

I got it in March in the middle of a house move so was in the process of updating TV licence. It almost got me! I'd like to it was the stress of moving rather than my incompetence that meant I clicked through a couple of steps....

[Motorrad]

Ironic as the BBC and Capitas business model is like a phishing scam in any case. Best advice throw any correspondence from them in the (virtual) bin.