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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: adrian marsh on May 29, 2014, 03:08:06 pm

Title: Urgent
Post by: adrian marsh on May 29, 2014, 03:08:06 pm

A new scam email claiming to be from companies house is (as of this morning) doing the rounds. The email claims to be regarding a "company complaint". DO NOT OPEN. It's a scam & full of nasty stuff.

Title: Re: Urgent
Post by: Forum Admin on May 29, 2014, 03:21:34 pm

Thanks for this Adrian - I receive several of these a day now - mainly from "HMRC", "Companies House", "Banks" and several more.

Please be aware that very rarely if at all will you receive an email from these kind of companies asking for this kind of information.

Always be over vigilent with these type of emails, ring the legitimate companies in question if in doubt.

All the best.

Mitch.

Title: Re: Urgent
Post by: adrian marsh on May 29, 2014, 03:48:05 pm

Cheers Mitch. Been getting the bank emails for ages, strangely even though I don't bank with them ;D

HMRC are ignored anyway :P But this comapnies house one is a new one for me. Google'd it and theres loads of warnings.

Title: Re: Urgent
Post by: JandS on May 29, 2014, 04:59:32 pm

Bought a Kindle book off Amazon last night...this morning an e mail about my account from them...I think not.

Title: Re: Urgent
Post by: david@zap-clean on May 30, 2014, 08:11:21 am

Quote from: JandS on May 29, 2014, 04:59:32 pm

Bought a Kindle book off Amazon last night...this morning an e mail about my account from them...I think not.

 

This seems to be happening more regularly: You'll buy something on-line (legitimately), and within a couple of days a (scam) email arrives that looks like it's from the company you bought from (eBay/PayPal etc)...  I guess this is organised crime in action?

Title: Re: Urgent
Post by: tony bish on June 02, 2014, 03:29:51 pm

I seem to get one from a bogus delivery service every time I order something on e bay or amazon  >:(