New Scam: Netflix Account Cancellation Do Not Click the Link

Especially if you don't have a Netflix account.

I don't know if we even have Netflix here in Oz, but even if we Do, I don't have an account and still got one of these scams in my hotmail account.

I rarely get spam or scam emails these days, but they're instantly deleted if/when I do.

If you don't have an account, I wouldn't recommend even opening an email from them. 

You're just a fountain of joy this weekend, Doc.

No Netflix here.

Indeed. Ponce de Phish-leon.

I do have an account, and the email I got has the last 4 digits of my card in it. And my balance is in the negative, so mine is likely legit.

But, I have overdraft protection that should have covered it. Hmmm.

I did not click the link, but I did call Netflix. Mine was legit. Glad the bank didn't cover it, would have been a 30 buck OD fee.

Nope, I wouldn't, either.

It's not the first time I've gotten emails regarding overdue accounts, hacked accounts, account offers and bonuses for accounts I don't have.  Not that I get many these days [spam filters, etc] but I used to get bonus offers and increased limit offers for being a valued customer.... from credit card companies I do not have accounts with.  In fact, I refuse point blank to have a credfit card [debit card only] so all those bogus emails went straight in the bin, being that all they were after was my bank account details.

Another scam I used to get was a bank - any bank/financial institution - telling me that my online banking had been hacked.  Yeah, right!  Just another thief looking for bank account details... but once I saw the title, and that it was from a bank I did not do business with, I binned it immediately.

Funnily enough, I haven't won the UK lottery recently, nor have I been selected by a Nigerian prince to safeguard his cash in my bank account for a generous sum of money to compensate me for my trouble.  I miss that!  Yup, I spent the last $4.6 million on Coca Cola and chocolates and need to boost my coffers to feed my addiction.

Indeed. This explains it, mate.

Doc, you're a medical guy, shouldn't that tear be coming from the tear duct at the other side of the eye? 

This is the cap'n you're talkin' 'bout. Him lopsided dontcha know.

I just got an email from "Apple" telling me "in order to get back into your account, you'll need to confirm some information"

I don't, and never had an Apple account. It's almost certainly a scam.

You're spot on there, Jim, but you still missed or ignored one other thing... that... er, bodily fluid dripping from my eye... sorta looks like it should be coming from a.... nother  .... er,...  like some place else. 

Dontcha think?  

Nope. When the head is tilted, the tear comes from the lower end, in this case the lateral palpebral fusion...physics. 

Also, you're confusing of the drainage system (through the  area marked B) With where the tears are secreted (marked A) below.

So, when the head is tilted with the lateral (side closest to the ear) lower than the medial (side closest to the nose) and the person is crying, 

the tears will drip from the lowest point.

Again, nope.

Drip...drip...drip.

Yup, that's the strength of it... and don't ask Doc about a cure for a runny nose, he'll give you a tap on the head.

[a tap being a light hit and is English/Australian for faucet]

Lol.  Sorry Doc. Lisa straightened me out as soon as I posted. 

Growing up it was just 'the tap'.

Yes, but that still doesn't explain why that tear looks suspiciously like snot... or something else.

Me thinks Doc is using images from his medical journals when he's 'shopping' these days.

And so it should still be... would save non-US persons the confusion of name changes in an attempt to cast off the British heritage.

struth.

Here's a perfect case: Praedonum senex irritatur.

You sure it wasn't legitimate ? I've found gift cards good for a free month, will completely cancel those four weeks if you stop the auto-rebill.

Lost a bunch of Bing.com points that way.

QUite sure...and it was some time ago, zyme.

Best way to check is to go directly to the site and fix it there and delete the email.