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Email scam: Payment failure message

Sorcha
Former EE Community Manager

We've seen an increase in phishing emails pretending to be from EE. Here's some information to help keep you safe from these kinds of scams.

 

What does it look like?

 

It will look very much like the email has come from EE. It says that your latest payment has failed and asks you to click on a link to update and verify your billing details. There are variations to the message, as shown below, as scammers are always changing the content. The link itself goes to a fake EE Login page. 

 

These emails are 100% fake and are a ploy to get your bank details/account details. DO NOT click on any links in these emails. Remember to always login to your accounts directly and never through an unsolicited link that has been sent to you.

 

If you receive anything similar to this, or anything you think may be suspicious, make sure to forward the email to phishing@ee.co.uk and then delete it from your inbox. 

 

Here are some examples of the emails and the fake login screen. 

 

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Email scam 2Email scam 2

 

 

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Another example which has been reported to us looks very similar to these. Again it asks for card details to be entered into a fake page. The email is titled View bill - Error as shown in the first image below. The second image shows the fake page which is asking for card details. 

 

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As always, never enter your details into a page sent to you via an unsolicited email, text message or pop-up. 

 

For more information on Spam and phishing and how to report it, take a look at our main article here.

 

42 REPLIES 42
Katie_B
EE Community Support Team

Hello @andy_b_73

 

Thanks for coming to the community. 

 

You have done the right thing by reporting this email, our phishing team will look into this further for you.

 

Katie 🙂

bazza1253
Visitor

I received one of these today 😡. They never give up. Had an address on the bottom of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. I’ve been trying to find EE main address on this website, but without luck.  I guess it’s a secret!

@bazza1253 : You may write to EE at:

 

EE Customer Services
6 Camberwell Way
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR3 3XN
United Kingdom

If you think I helped please feel free to hit the "Thumbs Up" button below.

To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
CraigS92
Visitor

Hi, I received this email & it almost convinced me this time. Sadly I deleted it after i took this screenshot but it really had me wondering if it was authentic or not. Thankfully i logged into my EE & checked around to see posts like this saying about phishing emails. ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK to see if your bill has actually came out or not and then contact EE directly. 

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XRaySpeX
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

@CraigS92 : It's a scam! There are many of these going the rounds. EE would never send you a msg asking you to click on a link in order to update your a/c.

If you think I helped please feel free to hit the "Thumbs Up" button below.

To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Morning @CraigS92

 

Thanks for coming to the community. 

 

If you receive a message claiming to be from EE and you're not 100 % sure it's genuine, please send it to phishing@ee.co.uk for email or 7726 for texts.

 

For more advice from EE in relation to scams and how to keep yourself safe, take a look at the following pages

 

Scams: Information about scams currently circulating article >

 

Spam and phishing - How to stay safe and report it article >

 

Thanks 🙂

 

Leanne.

 

Amybradley132
Visitor

I’ve just received one of these emails but checked my bank and payment went through so I think the emails have started up again 

Guitardaz69
Visitor

Hi all.. I have received an email today.. Quite a good attempt, someone could be quite easily fooled by this

I will forward it onto the relevant email address

Christopher_G
EE Community Support Team

Thanks for reporting this, @Guitardaz69.


Chris

Goonster
Established Contributor
Established Contributor

I received one of these emails today, already forwarded onto relevant email address. To the naive & unwary it looks genuine enough.