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Latest Phishing News 24/04/2024

Latest Phishing News 24/04/2024 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 H...

Int-Sec by Moderator
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Latest Phishing News 23/04/2024

Latest Phishing News 23/04/2024 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...

Int-Sec by Moderator
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Virginmedia DNS

Hi all, Noticed something odd, my Hub 5 firmware was downgraded and my DNS is now showing as a random IP that I can’t find much info on. Is this correct or something odd going on?

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jk1990 by Dialled in
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Latest Phishing News 08/12/2023

Latest Phishing News 08/12/2023 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 D...

Int-Sec by Moderator
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Verifying a door to door sales rep

Hi all.Is it possible to verify that a sales rep does indeed work for virgin?Had one knock on the door yesterday and told me about some deals.Just want to ensure that he is legitimate before giving out any details.Thanks

Gav4 by Joining in
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Virgin Van hit my parked car

Hi,On 7th November a Virgin Media van which was working on next doors property reversed into my parked car.I spoke to the driver at the time and text messages since who assured me that he has logged details at his end and someone would be in touch.No...

Maxmart by Joining in
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Trial for smart security for hub 5

VM is trialling smart security for hub 5 to provide extra security to safeguard connected devices.https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/virgin-media-o2-adds-another-layer-of-smart-security-for-thousands-of-customers-at-no-extra-cost/ This security is mana...

Orphan ntlworld email hacked

We closed our virgin account when we moved house several years ago but have still been able to access the old ntlworld email account. It has now been hacked and as I am now only able to view it I would like to know how to stop this activity. Please h...

Cathjoy by Joining in
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06/12/2023

Latest Phishing News 06/12/2023 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 D...

Int-Sec by Moderator
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Customore Service Calls

Yesterday I was contacted by somebody claiming to be from Virgin Media, their reason was to do see if I was using their services fully. The number they used was: 08000521251. I asked for identification to assure me that it was really Virgin Media bef...

Matt_hc by Joining in
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Possible VN phone call, or scammers?

OK, had several calls on my mobile from 08001836416 over the last couple of days. As driving, didn't answer first one, but did the second, and after a short silence, got a foreign, (Asian/Indian) guy, claiming he was from Virgin, and was calling abou...

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HughJarsse by Knows their stuff
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