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Warning: Scam email message at Xmas.

Jaymack
This is a message I received this morning, amateurish but could be easily clicked on Continue to load account details.  
Email message is reversed here, but is a Black font on a White background. (Note the grammar, use of CAPITALS and pidgeon Engelse).

Aldi wishes you an Advance Merry Christmas

This Christmas Gift yourself a Brand New iPhone 11 Pro Max for only £1
Click to answer & get a new Apple 11 Pro Max .
Do you own any Apple device before ?
Customer Information:
Contact Information: %% subscribers_ address  %%
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Jaymack

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    Thanks for the warning Jaymack.

    There are some evil people out there.

    I do get lots of similar emails perporting to be freebies and banks etc (banks etc that I have no account with).

    I`d say be very wary from anything that wants you to click on in the first instance.

    Look at the address of the sender too.

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    Jaymack - have you informed Aldi customer service that they have a scam email doing the rounds? 


    Forward the email onto their customer service dept at customer.service@aldi.co.uk.


    I always inform the relevant company when I get a scam email purporting to be from them. Usually they have a dedicated email address to send scam or fraud emails on to but not always so I send them on to the customer service address if I can find it!


    I know most people wouldn't bother but I always do. Every little helps!  Ooops wrong supermarket.... ?


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    I disagree. The correct option is to report it to contact@actionfraud.police.uk who will count it, and may go after the authors. 


    Regards,


    Alan.
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    Alan Capon:

    I disagree. The correct option is to report it to contact@actionfraud.police.uk who will count it, and may go after the authors. 



    But... informing the company also, means they can take steps to inform their customers that there's a scam email doing the rounds as my bank has done in the past as well as other organisations I'm a client of... 


    Rule of thumb though is never to click on any link in an email even if it looks genuine. Always visit the official website and log in there instead.
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    Lisa Miles:

    Rule of thumb though is never to click on any link in an email even if it looks genuine.




    Especially if it comes from IET. ??

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    Chris Pearson:




    Lisa Miles:

    Rule of thumb though is never to click on any link in an email even if it looks genuine.




    Especially if it comes from IET. ??


     



    Ouch - saucer of milk for you, Chris ?


    I'm not sure advertising an old job as a new job counts as a scam  ?


    Regards


    OMS
     

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