Fraud at Spotify: Warning of dangerous phishing emails

The Musikstreaming platform Spotify is also not protected from fraudsters. Suspicious mails from Spotify should be treated with caution.

• was at Spotify: Fake Mail from the music streaming provider-alleged payment problem
• was at Spotify: Customers should be careful - this is how you recognize fraud emails on the wording

Vienna (dpa) - Customers of the music streaming provider Spotify should currently be careful. Falled e-mails from criminals are in circulation. The Austrian consumer protection portal "Watchlist Internet" warns that the perpetrators could have access to the accounts if the customers were careless.

was at Spotify: Fake Mail from the music streaming provider-alleged payment problem

Accordingly, Spotify users receive emails with the sender "Spotify calculation", in which a problem with a payment is shown. According to the portal, customers are asked to click on a button that leads to a fake Spotify login page. Those who type their data there send them directly to the criminals, warn consumer protection. Maybe access to the Spotify account can also be lost (more digital news at fake Spotify).

was at Spotify: Customers should be careful - this is how you recognize fraud emails on the wording

According to the portal information, the fraud can be recognized quite simply based on the same wording: «We cannot take a bill to you. We hate delivering bad news, but there is a problem with your preferred payment method. Follow these steps to help us solve this problem. Your bill." The subject is also the same: "A payment is required for your invoice 3947291442".

In order not to fall for such fake messages, the Austrian consumer advocates give a few tips to be able to react quickly. Clear identification are:

Anyone who has clicked on this despite caution should follow these steps: Reset the password, contact Spotify if access to the account is no longer possible and forward the email to Spotify. Then filed a complaint with the police.

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