New Email Scam Using Fake Netflix Website

<p>A tech website says a Netflix email scam is targeting subscribers of the popular streaming service.  The emails are telling them that their account is about to be canceled.  </p>

Monday, November 6th 2017, 7:29 am

By: News On 6

New Email Scam Using Fake Netflix Website

A tech website says a Netflix email scam is targeting subscribers of the popular streaming service.

The emails are telling them that their account is about to be canceled.

MailGuard says the well-designed, individualized fake email convinces customers to update their account information to avoid suspension. \

New Email Scam Using Fake Netflix Website https://t.co/LRYSVWDPMk
— MailGuard (@MailGuard) November 3, 2017

This results in stolen personal and credit card information.

MailGuard says the scam works like a mail-merge; the body of the email is generic, but the sender field is designed to show the name of the intended victim, which personalizes the scam making it more convincing.

This results in stolen personal and credit card information.

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A tech website says a Netflix email scam is targeting subscribers of the popular streaming service. The emails are telling them that their account is about to be canceled.

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