Thread: Beware!!!
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Old 05-08-2014, 10:20   #27
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Beware!!!

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Originally Posted by Studio25 View Post
They don't. The scammers use a "genuine" email as the basis for their own. They change some or all of the content, the closer it is to the original, the more likely it is to be accepted. It's likely that the payload is in a different link, or an attachment in the email.
I have noticed(upon close inspection) that the Logo for BT on the bogus e-mails is distorted....so now as soon as I see this they get deleted without a thought.
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