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Kenwj
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Received this email which I could not forward to phishing...is it genuine?  

Dear User

It has come to our notice of the high rate of phishing in our emails 

We have brought to you a new system of security to easily detect spams

This update is free and ready to use for any user 

from Virgin Media

 

 

There was a hyper link which i have ignored and deleted

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If the annoyance reporting the phishing email to phishing@virginmedia.com is that during the send process a Spam Content Found warning is show then this means Virgin Media are already aware of it and have started to block it.

Checkout posts by Int-Sec on the Security matters forum for the latest news on such targeted scams.

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Graham_A
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@Kenwj  It is a scam attempt.  See example 5 in this latest post from the security team:

Latest Phishing News 18/05/2022 - Virgin Media Community - 5017340

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Kenwj
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Thanks for confirming this as helpful person, it was just annoying trying to report o it to Virgin using the email address that is given.

用心棒
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If the annoyance reporting the phishing email to phishing@virginmedia.com is that during the send process a Spam Content Found warning is show then this means Virgin Media are already aware of it and have started to block it.

Checkout posts by Int-Sec on the Security matters forum for the latest news on such targeted scams.

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