I’d like to warn you about opening links within legitimate-sounding e-mails. It’s a smart practice to never click on any link in an e-mail to “update information or payment details”. In addition, do NOT call any number provided. If you think it is a legitimate e-mail, google the name of the reputable company and look up their number and website and call or log in in directly. Below are examples of actual e-mails.
This one claims to be from Goldman Sachs:
“Please be aware that you're obligated to link and verify your email to your savings account by May 27, 2024 to avoid any login limitations or restrictions.
Login to link and verify your email address
Complete Email Verification”
Another one:
“Your Netflix account will be removed today.
Payment attempt failure while renewing your subscription for Netflix.”
This particular e-mail went on to describe how my subscription would be cancelled unless I clicked the link to update my payment details. There are a few ways I knew this was a scam. The e-mail address says reply@pureeligious (didn’t finish to avoid creating a link). My other clue was that at the end it threatens “In case of ignorance, your services will be completely suspended within 24 hours…” Love that it signed off “thank you for trusting us”. There are often grammatical errors as they are often written by foreigners. This one apparently thought that the process of ignoring is ignorance.
Another, very common e-mail is from Comcast. I googled Comcast, directly, because I was concerned that I had been paying all this time. I haven’t had Comcast for a couple years. Comcast verified that I had received a fishing (scam) e-mail.
The last one fooled me, but not enough to EVER click directly on a link. Unless you speak directly with someone you trust who has said they will be sending you a link, do not click on links in e-mails.