{"id":14815,"date":"2019-08-14T14:26:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14815"},"modified":"2019-08-14T14:33:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:33:18","slug":"phishing-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/phishing-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"names.co.uk Phishing Email Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A small number of customers have received a phishing email with the subject line, <strong>\u201cNot renewed\u201d<\/strong>.&nbsp; It requests payment for a domain name renewal. It instructs the recipient to go to a payment form in an attempt to obtain sensitive personal information like a login password and payment details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The email reads as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"757\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Spoofed-Email.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Spoofed-Email.png 757w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Spoofed-Email-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Spoofed-Email-600x578.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The customers targeted may have had email addresses set up beginning with generic terms like info@. Generic email addresses like this are easier to guess so they are more likely to receive spam mail and occasionally phishing emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What should I do if I received this email?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do&nbsp;not reply to it<\/li><li>Do not open any of the links<\/li><li>If you think you may have clicked a link, please contact us immediately on 0345 363 3633 or drop us a ticket from within your Online Control Panel. <\/li><li>If you have any concerns, please update your Online Control Panel password <a href=\"https:\/\/login.names.co.uk\/login\">here.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How can I protect myself from phishing emails? <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you click a link from within an email, always\ncheck that the web address is one you recognise.&nbsp; For example, you log into your names.co.uk\nOnline Control Panel at <a href=\"https:\/\/login.names.co.uk\/login\">https:\/\/login.names.co.uk\/login<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Check if the website is secure by looking for a padlock symbol in the browser address bar. 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