Attention Netflix users! The membership expiration notification letter is fake, and these clues are hidden in the letter to distinguish the true from the false

Netflix Membership Expiration Letter

Recently, many people have received Netflix letters with the subject line " Your membership has expired "

In the text it says that there was a problem processing billing information and that you need to update your account to restart your membership

Hello, we are having some problems processing your current billing information. We'll try again, but in the meantime, you may need to update your payment details.

This letter has been calling on you to update your account. It can be seen that he is mainly trying to trick you into entering your bank account or credit card information . You think you are providing a Netflix debit account, but you are actually providing your account and credit card to a fraudulent group. When you After entering, the savings may be stolen

How to spot a Netflix scam letter

1. Log in directly to Netflix

If your Netflix account is disabled, you will be asked to re-enable your membership when you log into Netflix, so if you get this letter and you go to https://www.netflix.com/ If you can log in to watch the video normally, it means that the letter is fake.

remember! Be sure to search for Netflix by yourself , do n't go to Netflix through the link in the letter, although they make a very similar picture, it is not necessarily true

2. Sender's email address

Although the sender's name is written "NETFLIX"

But look carefully at the email address, as long as it's not from @netflix.com , don't easily believe that he is really from Netflix, the name can be named arbitrarily, but the email address can't be faked, so don't believe the name, take a look email address

3. Strange Chinese grammar

There are many strange Chinese grammars in this letter. For example, where we are used to saying "information", they use the Chinese term "information"; and they use the word "quote" even though they are paying for subscription; "Link" is a non-Taiwanese term such as "link"

What's even weirder is that the last letter ends:

enjoy! your friends on Netflix

It looks like Enjoy in English! Directly translated, the signature is also very strange

All the above signs show that this letter is full of loopholes, and even Chinese cannot express it properly.

4. Check Links with Fraud Experts

Although the links in the letter have been turned into hyperlinks and wrapped in text, so that you cannot directly see the URL

But you can still move the mouse over the hyperlink and stop for a few seconds, and the URL will automatically appear next to the arrow, or right-click on the hyperlink and "copy the link" to another place, you can see the URL clearly~ as long as Not netflix.com is not Netflix official website!

If you open the email with your mobile phone, just press and hold the hyperlink for two seconds, and the option to copy the URL will pop up.

If you can't directly identify whether it is the official website through the URL, then you can pass it to the anti-fraud expert , and we will check it for you! You only need to pass suspicious links, and in two seconds, you will know whether the website is safe or not.

What if you have already entered personal information?

• Change Netflix password
• Change your password on every website where you use the same group account password
• If you have already entered payment information, contact the financial institution immediately to stop the payment

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