Phishing

[RonBarker]

Just received this: Reported it to:  phishing@virginmedia.co.uk which gets rejected,

To: <phishing@virginmedia.com>

References: <CA+1sTPnYU_fxVran2zcC-cQPWo72CCbG09+16mh9bLq8BoR0DQ@mail.gmail.com>

In-Reply-To: <CA+1sTPnYU_fxVran2zcC-cQPWo72CCbG09+16mh9bLq8BoR0DQ@mail.gmail.com>

Subject: FW: UPDATE November <PDF > bill is Ready

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 08:04:07 -0000

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[Tom_W1]

Hi @RonBarker thanks for your post although I'm sorry to hear of this spam email you're receiving.

Are you able to re-try sending the email to the Phishing email address again please, is this error still happening for you?

Many thanks

[RonBarker]

Thanks Tom, I only contacted Virgin Media phishing@virginmedia.com.uk thinking they would prevent, as best they could, the phishing exercise.  The email was no problem for me.  I tried several times and received the below.  I only posted on here to assist others.  Cheers.

[Graham_A]

If reports to phishing@virginmedia.com get rejected it is because VM are already aware of the spam email and have taken steps to block it.

"If you have received a phishing email purporting to be from Virgin Media, please forward it to phishing@virginmedia.com. If you receive a ‘Spam Content Found’ error when forwarding a suspected phishing email to us via Webmail, then we are already aware of the email and have taken steps to ensure the email is blocked on our platform."

[RonBarker]

I did not receive any indication that VM was aware of the phishing email.  It was rejected, apparently because address rejected.  Anyhow, I do not care.  I have had enough.  I was only trying to help. 

The following addresses failed:

  phishing@virginmedia.co.uk

    host primary.emea.email.fireeyecloud.com [63.34.218.10]

    SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<phishing@virginmedia.co.uk>:

    550 ETP102 recipient rejected by downstream MTA. Reason:

    [ #5.1.0 Address rejected. ] - CBA522934F1FE86368a58ae5f

[Graham_A]

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@RonBarker wrote:

I did not receive any indication that VM was aware of the phishing email.  It was rejected, apparently because address rejected.  Anyhow, I do not care.  I have had enough.  I was only trying to help. 

The following addresses failed:

  phishing@virginmedia.co.uk

    host primary.emea.email.fireeyecloud.com [63.34.218.10]

    SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<phishing@virginmedia.co.uk>:

    550 ETP102 recipient rejected by downstream MTA. Reason:

    [ #5.1.0 Address rejected. ] - CBA522934F1FE86368a58ae5f

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Emails to that address would be rejected as it doesn't exist.  The correct address is phishing@virginmedia.com.