Consumer and Finances
FTC: Don’t Get Fooled by the Netflix Phishing Scam
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Scammers use your information to steal your money, your identity, or both. Scammers often use familiar company names or pretend to be someone you know. Here’s a real world example featuring Netflix. — This article originally was published on the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Information blog. Colleen Tressler is a consumer education specialist with the FTC. Police in Ohio shared a screenshot of a phishing email designed to steal personal information.