Anyone else getting constant urgent messages from Microsoft/virgin etc

[alice]

In the last few days, I’m getting 10 plus emails a day saying I need to do something urgent to my phone. I’m just deleting hesitant to unsubscribe because that might take me into a virus. but what can I do and is there a safe way of finding if it’s actually  genuine?

[diable rouge]

Place your on-screen cursor over the name of the sender, the sender's actual email address should appear, often with scammers it comes up with  a very unbusinesslike address.

Failing that, you should be able to speak to Virgin and ask if legit, Microsoft on the other hand I wouldn't bother trying to contact...

[Sephiroth]

would be odd if both virgin AND Microsoft felt you needed to do something with your phone. Almost certainly a scam

 

Saying that - a quick google shows there can be an issue between MS Outlook and Virgin re emails

 

Paste the text of the messages in here and we can have a look

 

 

54 minutes ago, diable rouge said:

Place your on-screen cursor over the name of the sender, the sender's actual email address should appear, often with scammers it comes up with  a very unbusinesslike address.

Failing that, you should be able to speak to Virgin and ask if legit, Microsoft on the other hand I wouldn't bother trying to contact...

sometimes the address can be similar - bit not quite right - as another way to fool