Email Scam about Account Overpayment - Beware.

[#1]

I got sent this today - Beware!

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From: [BCE] Plusnet <Redacted>

Subject: [Payment received] Overpayment confirmation [295640]

Hello <Redacted>

Great news! We have received your payment of £185.21.

This amount will be associated with your account <Redacted> unless you ask for a refund.

To officially claim your refund, you will have to proceed by filling an online application relating your information.
 

<Link removed>

Need help?
 
For more information, or help with downloading and installing Plusnet Protect, see our help pages

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Kind regards,
Customer Support

Moderator's Note: Personal information and live link removed

[#2]

<removed> sent me much the same email, lots of it about

[Payment received] Overpayment confirmation [586075]

Myemailaddress here

Great news! We have received your payment of £185.21.

This amount will be associated with your account myemailaddress unless you ask for a refund.

To officially claim your refund, you will have to proceed by filling an online application relating your information.

          <Link removed>

Need help?

 
For more information, or help with downloading and installing Plusnet Protect, see our help pages

Need more help? Use the Help Assistant.
 
Kind regards,
Customer Support

Moderators Note: Personal information and live link removed

[#3]

I've received the same email from a hotmail account. For the same amount of money, deleted it

[#4]

and that's a "Me too!" from me, same message has just landed in an Inbox in my Outlook client.

I also had another spam message a few days ago, about how I'd renewed my McAfee account for some stupid number of dollars and that I should call a number to get it refunded.

These are the first two spam messages to actually reach my Outlook client in a very long time.

In each case I logged into webmail and reported them as spam from there.

[#5]

Welcome to 2023 all, and to the world of phising.

Thanks for letting us know that PlusNet are being targeted but there is not much they can do about it.

Can people not do the scammers job for them please. That is to post their live links on a public forum?

Part of me thinks it may be the scammers making these posts in the first place.

Though since that would involve (at least some) intelligence on their part I somewhat doubt it.