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Latest Phishing News 08/06/2023

Latest Phishing News 08/06/2023 We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response Email 1 vir...

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Latest Phishing News 07/06/2023

Latest Phishing News 07/06/2023 We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response Email 1 VIR...

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Latest Phishing News 05/06/2023

Latest Phishing News 05/06/2023 We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response Email 1 Ver...

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Latest Fraudulent SMS News 01/12/2022

Latest Fraudulent SMS News 01/12/2022 Below is the latest list of SMS messages that we have confirmed as fraudulent. Remember if you receive any of these messages, never click on the link within the SMS. If you receive any SMS that you believe to be ...

Hacked escalation process

Can the forum team advise of the escalation process VM have in place regarding reporting of hacked VM accounts. I have already raised mine on this community along with many others over the past month. Please do not refer me to the online link, been t...

Bikerdave by On our wavelength
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Leaflet scam?

 Hi,Recently had a man claiming to be from virgin media knocking on my door at 19:20. He said we recently looked online at broadband offers online and asked which network we choose. He also claimed that he could offer broadband for less than £20 per ...

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Resolved! Scam Calls?

In less than 24 hours we have received 3 calls to our landline, supposedly from VM, saying that our internet has been 'hacked' and we need to download protection. All calls are ended when we ask for proof that they are in fact from VM; all calls are ...

DebJon by On our wavelength
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Search results being hijacked?

Any reports of routers/modems being hijacked/mitm attacks to serve fake versions of websites when looking up on a search engine? Reset my modem and router firmware (tp-link archer) many times but a lot of search results return sites running wordpress...

piqiko by Just joined
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Hub settings not compatible for Apple

Instructions say I need hub to be on WAP 3 but not an option in settings. keeps kicking us out of apple products and onto 4g. Any ideas daughter has virgin mobile still happening and all running out of data! 

Harassment from 0800 052 1251

Will you stop phoning me two or three times every day from 0800 052 1251? Despite me having blocked your number you persevere and have found a way to say I have a voicemail from that number. The voicemail is silent. Sinister stuff. And yes, I have tw...

Jimmac2 by Tuning in
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Latest Phishing News 28/04/2023

Latest Phishing News 28/04/2023 We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response   Email 1 V...

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Verify a field sales representative

Could you please confirm that Tim removed is a Virgin Media o2 representative using this employee ID? removed Thanks  [MOD EDIT: Personal and private information has been removed from this post. Please do not post personal or private information in...

Latest Phishing News 27/04/2023

Latest Phishing News 27/04/2023 We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response   Email 1Vl...

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Re: Letter received about possible malware infection

I heard from virgin stafff themselves it’s all a ploy to get you to buy there virus service.  My daughter has had virus protection installed and all checks come back fine yet I still keep getting letters saying my device is at risk and they name a di...

Nkeshav by Joining in
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