The email from ‘BTINTERNET’ telling me my broadband was about to be cut off dropped at 6.53am yesterday.
It said I hadn’t paid my bill and had ignored all reminders. If I wanted to prevent my service being suspended I had to click on a link and follow the verification and payment procedures.
Even though I was still half asleep, I could tell instantly that it was obviously a scam. And not a very good one, either.
The fact that the email was titled: ‘Massage from BT’ was a dead giveaway. It went straight in the bin.
The next one, from Norton Security, was far more professional. It contained a bill for renewal of my annual anti-virus software contract. For a moment, I almost clicked on it — until I remembered that I don’t use Norton software.
Then I switched on my iPhone to find a text informing me that Adam from the Post Office had attempted to deliver a parcel to my home but no one was there to sign for it. There were directions to a website where I could arrange for it to be redelivered.
I spotted this one straight away. There were several of these scams swilling around last year, purporting to come from UPS, FedEx and the like, all asking for a small payment to guarantee safe arrival of goods ordered online.
During lockdown, with everyone relying on home deliveries, plenty of people fell for it only to discover they had been the victim of an online mugging.
I must get dozens of these bogus emails and texts every week. Most of them are intercepted by my…
