Heads up!

If you receive an e-mail asking for credit card information from Netflix it might be a scam. Here’s what’s making the rounds and has the potential to reach up to 110 million subscribers…

To some, this e-mail looks pretty legitimate! If you click the ‘restart membership’ button you’ll be taken to a similar looking website. WARNING: this website it FAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!

via GIPHY

 

Netflix has released a statement saying “[we take] the security of our members’ accounta seriously and Netflix employs numerous proactive measures to detect fraudulent activity to keep the Netflix service and our members’ accounts secure. Unfortunately, these scams are common on the internet and target popular brands such as Netflix and other companies with large customer bases to lure users into giving out personal information.”

If you are a current subscriber and you’d like to check on the status of your account, the only website you need to visit is: Netflix.com!

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