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We repeatedly from Members who have received a Scam message or think they might have done so.
The one below is an exact replica of the UK "Royal Mail" template that they use.
It looks sort-of genuine and it implies that the Sender is from His/Her Majesty's Inland Revenue and Customs Service - which is always a worry!!
But look again. No mention of your name, address, reference number.
Now, move your Cursor up to the Sender - it says Royal Mail. Okay. Now move your cursor up to the Royal Mail and adjacent to in order to read the exact email address. See below:
it comes from "[email protected]".
That's your final proof it's a scam. Always do this if in doubt. Sometimes the sender's email is almost right - in this case it might have been something like "royal-mail-abc@info-supportxz"
This is, for UK Members, a very common scam purporting to come from the Inland Revenue or some other real and worrying source, which pushes you to open it and get back to them, pronto. Don't. For the rest of our Members, I'm sure you get the point.
Ian
The one below is an exact replica of the UK "Royal Mail" template that they use.
It looks sort-of genuine and it implies that the Sender is from His/Her Majesty's Inland Revenue and Customs Service - which is always a worry!!
But look again. No mention of your name, address, reference number.
Now, move your Cursor up to the Sender - it says Royal Mail. Okay. Now move your cursor up to the Royal Mail and adjacent to in order to read the exact email address. See below:
it comes from "[email protected]".
That's your final proof it's a scam. Always do this if in doubt. Sometimes the sender's email is almost right - in this case it might have been something like "royal-mail-abc@info-supportxz"
This is, for UK Members, a very common scam purporting to come from the Inland Revenue or some other real and worrying source, which pushes you to open it and get back to them, pronto. Don't. For the rest of our Members, I'm sure you get the point.
Ian