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Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

Taffy078 — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:51:45 GMT

I've just recieved the email shown below. Is it a scam?

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British Gas <xxxxxxxxxxxxx1977@gmail.com>

To: @xxxxxxx@btinternet.com;

03/04/2021 01:04

British Gas Shopper!

We have a surprise for you

STAY CALM ...

You're The £90 WINNER?!

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

Ribblelancs — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:42:23 GMT

I would take it on face value.

It’s asking to to subscribe....Too good to be true, I think.

Don’t know who the sender is, and probably BG don’t know either. Or if they do, you don’t get anything for nothing!

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

Taffy078 — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:54:36 GMT

Thanks @Ribblelancs . I agree with you.So did one of the Moderators in a PM to me about another matter. I've asked him if he can ask someone in BT to block / delete the BT email address used.

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

Taffy078 — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:57:08 GMT

re "Or if they do, you don’t get anything for nothing!" Or as they say here in Yorkshire "There's owt for nowt"!

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

Will168 — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:28:04 GMT

Lol, official British Gas emails from Gmail accounts?

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

JohnC2 — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:16:35 GMT

Hi @Taffy078, we can't block email addresses. Have a look at this information on Protecting Yourself From Email Scams for advice on what to do with these types of email.

cheers

John

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

Taffy078 — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:53:45 GMT

@Will168 Sorry to remove your laughter but you clearly haven't read or understood my post. Nowhere did I say that it was sent from a gmail address. I wanted some sanctions taken again the idiot who sent it to me because he/she has a bt email address.

If you read it again, you'll see a very helpful reply from a Moderator who's explained why they cannot take any action against the idiot who sent it to me. ;o)

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

pottyperson — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:33:54 GMT

@Taffy078 wrote:

Nowhere did I say that it was sent from a gmail address. I wanted some sanctions taken again the idiot who sent it to me because he/she has a bt email address.

That doesn't seem to square with this in your original post:

British Gas <xxxxxxxxxxxxx1977@gmail.com>

To: @xxxxxxx@btinternet.com;

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

Will168 — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:44:59 GMT

@Taffy078 No offence was intended and I was not trying to be unhelpful. I just thought that if someone was trying to impersonate someone from British Gas, that they would try harder than sending it from a Gmail account.

It looked from your original post that the BG imposter was using a Gmail account and that you, the receiver were the btinternet email user, as highlighted by @pottyperson post.

I'm glad you were able to get a helpful and hopefully satisfactory response to your query.

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

Ribblelancs — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:21:31 GMT

Sorry to keep on about this topic.

But to be fair to British Gas, they do offer sales/ rewards promotions...However they do also give a very clear message for the user to opt out of these email notifications, if required.

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

gg30340 — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:28:43 GMT

@Ribblelancs wrote:

Sorry to keep on about this topic.

But to be fair to British Gas, they do offer sales/ rewards promotions...However they do also give a very clear message for the user to opt out of these email notifications, if required.

British Gas have their own domain @britishgas.co.uk and do not use gmail for their email correspondence as is shown in this email. It may be the case that British Gas do as you say but this is obviously a scam.

Re: Is this "You're a winner" email genuine or a fraud?

Andy_N — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:26:09 GMT

@Taffy078wrote:
@Will168 Sorry to remove your laughter but you clearly haven't read or understood my post. Nowhere did I say that it was sent from a gmail address. I wanted some sanctions taken again the idiot who sent it to me because he/she has a bt email address.

Of course, phish emails will be sent using Spoofed email addresses, whether they are genuine addresses or not. They won't come from that address - so ISPs or email providers will not delete the address, unless it can be proved without a shadow of a doubt that it has come from that particular account. Even then, the account could have been hacked.