Disney+ subscription expired: phishing scammers want your payment details

• Fraudsters put you under pressure with a phishing email and demanded your payment details for Disney+.
• Claiming that your subscription is expiring is the bait for the trap.
• Do not follow the demands and delete the mail.

The payment information from your streaming services is a popular target for cybercriminals. They use phishing emails to get the valuable information. They are currently sending out such messages on behalf of Disney+

In the email, the scammers state that your subscription has expired. The use of the service is only possible to a limited extent. In order to regain full access, you will be asked to update your data and your payment information. You start the process allegedly via a link with the inscription “LOG IN”.

As reported by the consumer center, the link leads to a fake Disney + page where your data is requested and then sent to the scammers. To avoid this, you should under no circumstances click on the link.

Distinguishing features of the Disney+ mail

Like most phishing emails, you can recognize these by a few clues. In addition to the impersonal address, the end of the email is very typical. Because there the authors put you under pressure and claim that your account will be closed within 48 hours of receiving the mail. There is said to be a closing fee of 19.99 euros. That approach doesn’t exist at Disney+. So don’t let yourself be unsettled.

If such an email lands in your inbox and you are unsure whether it really comes from the streaming service, always check your account on the official site first. There you would always find out whether your account was really blocked or your subscription had expired. To ensure that you do not receive any phishing emails at all, we recommend using an antivirus program.

Simple signs: This is how you recognize every phishing email

A first indication that you have received a phishing email: the email will ask you to confirm personal data or to enter it on a website. This Under no circumstances should you comply with the request. In addition, criminals often use the official logos of the companies they are copying in their emails, but not official sender addresses.

If you find the sender suspicious, you should read the email twice. You will often find spelling mistakes or inconsistencies in German grammar. The attackers usually do not write their emails themselves, but instead use automatically generated messages or translate known emails with a translation program. But why all the effort?

What do criminals achieve with phishing attacks?

Phishing is used on the Internet to collect real user data. Money can be made with these if e-mail addresses, names and other information are sold for advertising purposes or passed on in criminal forums. With the data obtained, cyber criminals can also address future phishing attacks in a more targeted manner, making their attacks more effective.

Attachments and links contained in malicious e-mails also often inject malware or viruses onto your computer. In addition, you should not simply ignore suspicious emails. Forward them to the above email address and help us report future phishing attacks.

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