Be vigilant when it comes to emails that you receive that are notifying you that your subscription will be cancelled, or your payment information needs confirmed or updated, or that your account needs verified – these are a few examples of common ploys to trick you into giving up personal information, credentials, or even credit card info.

Here is what the phishing email contains “Important: Cancellation of your Netflix subscription” as its subject line, the email stated that Netflix had failed to successfully process the recipient’s last membership payment. At that point, those responsible for creating the spam email made the following threat: “If you do not update your information within 72 hours we will limit what you can do with your account.” The email then directed the recipient to click on an embedded button called “My Account” so that they could continue to enjoy their Netflix membership.

 As always, when presented with emails like this, do not click on any of the links contained within the email. If you received such a message and you were concerned that it might be legit, instead of using their suspect links, just open a web browser and logon to your Netflix account that way – if payment info isn’t correct, you’ll be notified by the webpage.

If you are concerned with the risks that these phishing threats bring to your business and you’d like to do more to protect your business and employees, give RealTime a call.

 Full writeup by our email security partner Zix: https://zix.com/resources/blog/august-2020/fraudsters-abusing-legitimate-services-phish-netflix-users-credentials