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embrettle
Joining in
12 months ago

Is this fake?

I have received a few emails from thanks@virginmobile.com stating in conjunction with John Lewis I can get a free tuppaware set. 

 

Is this a legitimate email?

  • Hello smbrettle

    Sorry to hear of the confusion and concern caused by the recent email received. We appreciate you contacting us via the forums to query it's authenticity. Welcome to the community.

    As Cardiffman282 has advised already, this is a phishing email designed to obtain details from you. Support on how to deal with emails of these types can be found here.

    Any questions or queries, let us know.

     

    Rob

  • Had a spate of these recently, all claiming I'd won nice prizes / loyalty gifts from a range of 'Big Name' stores.

    As I'm the guy who'd pull the size label from a hat full of raffle tickets, and several of the 'prizes' were identical, I knew they were all 'Too Good To Be True', so phishing...