New one on me...

[Xtriple129]

Just received this e-mail, looks like a scam to me (address at the top don't look right and the date) but what ay you good fellows.

Information about your T V Licence

Date
14 January 2019
Mon - Fri: 8:30am - 8:00pm, Saturday: 8:30am - 4:00pm
TV Licensing Official

Dear (me)talktalk.net

Oops! Something went wrong with your payment.

We're sorry to let you know that the TVLicense could not be automatically renewed.

Renew your licence before it expires on 16 January 2018 to remain legally licensed.

If you don't keep up with your payments, we may be forced to cancel your licence or pass your details to a debt collection agency.

How to pay?

Making a payment is easy - just follow the steps below:

Update TVLicensing Now ?

T V Licensing details
Exp date: 15/01/2019 00:00
TVL No: 3110700650
Time Remaining: (2) days
Ref: 77434400650
Number of Licenses: 1
Your Personal Details
Primary Email: @talktalk.net
Registration: TV09UML07
Payment Method
Credit Card: Visa/MasterCard
Yes claims bonus
Number of points 08
Reduction: %20

Yours sincerely.

TVL Digital Broadcast Service Team


This email and any attachments are private and confidential.

TVL Services Register Number: 19004618



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Edited by Xtriple129 on Monday 14th January 16:43

[Ransoman]

it is 100% a phishing email.

[AndrewEH1]

Well according to the Beeb a number of numpties have been getting stung for thousands!

[buddyspire]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46745298

[surveyor]

Some of these scam emails are getting inventive.

I received one purporting to be from a colleague. The request was a bit odd, but nothing else stood out. I sent a reply seeking confirmation, and again the reply address looked OK. I received a further reply to my query, which had rather bad English. At this point I picked up the phone and confirmed it was a phishing email.

It would have been very easy to have been taken in. I am not entirely sure of how they are getting control etc.

[Saleen836]

Big coverage on my local FB pages over the past month warning people of this scam, and yes, a lot of people have lost a lot of money

[Cotty]

How can you not know about this, its been in the news for weeks. Its a scam the TV Licensing has said it would never email their customers, requesting renewal details or other personal information. They only ever send letters when they want to fleece their customers.

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ233

Edited by Cotty on Monday 14th January 17:11

[j_4m]

The couldn't even consistently spell 'licence'

[boyse7en]

I hadn't heard of this particular scam, but warning signs would have flashed up at the bit about "points" and "discount"

Official bodies don't do discounts!

[.:ian:.]

Clearly not for real as it's not nearly threatening enough to come from crapita.
Had it mentioned being hung, drawn and quartered then dragged around the streets while a tvl officer bums your dog, then it would be more believable.

[Tango13]

.:ian:. said:

Clearly not for real as it's not nearly threatening enough to come from crapita.
Had it mentioned being hung, drawn and quartered then dragged around the streets while a tvl officer bums your dog, then it would be more believable.

I don't have a dog, would I have to buy a dog just so the TVL could bum it or could I just give him my mums address so they could bum her dog twice?

[Scabutz]

j_4m said:

The couldn't even consistently spell 'licence'

Yep classic spam mistakes and phishing content. Bad grammar, deadlines, etc.

Sticks out a mile. How people are still got by these things I'll never understand.

[I Love Cake]

The renewal date is 2018. Scamming cretins!

[anonymous-user]

Has anyone popped up yet to tell us what excellent value the TV Licence is and why we should all be happy to pay it ?

[Plymo]

I got one of those! Not quite the same but similar.
I also got one apparently from that couple who won the euromillions the other day, they even put a link to an article that had an interview with them! It was much better spelled and proofread but somehow I doubt it was genuine

[Mr-B]

Yes it's an obvious scam as they are intimating they will send your details to a debt collection agency, a debt collection agency already has your details as TVL is completely outsourced to Capita, a debt collection agency.

[Funk]

surveyor said:

Some of these scam emails are getting inventive.

I received one purporting to be from a colleague. The request was a bit odd, but nothing else stood out. I sent a reply seeking confirmation, and again the reply address looked OK. I received a further reply to my query, which had rather bad English. At this point I picked up the phone and confirmed it was a phishing email.

It would have been very easy to have been taken in. I am not entirely sure of how they are getting control etc.

This is called 'spear-phishing' (it's targeted very specifically at you rather than indiscriminately at many) and it can be very costly... Part of my job is talking to customers about how to stop this sort of stuff getting through on corporate email; the attackers are getting very sophisticated!

[Shakermaker]

I think the "worst" one I saw a while ago was where the fraudsters had been able to use the software to put a name on the text message (rather than a number) and started sending people text messages from HSBC or Barclays etc, saying there was an issue with your account.

You'd think people would spot it, but on most smartphones I'm familiar with, the software would group it with any other text messages with the same name, so if you were a customer of the bank they purported to be from, you'd be at risk of missing it being a fake text!

[Jinx]

Had a couple of these sent to email addresses that are generic - the link in the email also points at an unrelated website. I take all emails asking about money and payments with a pinch of salt (with apologies to any genuine creditors )

[Rude-boy]

Shakermaker said:

I think the "worst" one I saw a while ago was where the fraudsters had been able to use the software to put a name on the text message (rather than a number) and started sending people text messages from HSBC or Barclays etc, saying there was an issue with your account.

You'd think people would spot it, but on most smartphones I'm familiar with, the software would group it with any other text messages with the same name, so if you were a customer of the bank they purported to be from, you'd be at risk of missing it being a fake text!

To be honest it should be well drilled into all by now that if you get a text or email from your bank you were not expecting and don't think that it can 'just be ignored as not interested in latest transfer rates/etc" the first thing to do is to contact them using a number from a trusted source - like their telephone number on the back of your card - to establish if it is real and if so what to do next.