BT bill scam

Fri 11 Oct 2013, 09:08

Just to flag up that some bright spark has started a new scam involving what purports to be e-mails from BT's accounts department. The sender's address appears to be genuine (ebilling@bt.com) but the thing is clearly a fake designed to get access to your bank details. The subject line on the one we received read: "REMINDER - Outstanding balance of £146.75", with the sender's name shown as BT BILL (a distant relation of Buffalo Bill, maybe?). Here's the message - and no, we didn't click on the link ....!

Dear Customer,

This e-mail has been sent to you by BT Internet to inform you that we were unable to process your most recent payment of bill. This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information. (eg: billing address, phone)
2. Submitting incorrect information during bill payment process.

Due to this, to ensure that your service is not interrupted, we request you to confirm and update your billing information today by clicking here.

If you have already confirmed your billing information then please disregard this message as we are processing the changes you have made.

Regards,
BT
Billing Department

Thanks for your co-operation.