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Technical News & Discussion => IDNet Help => Topic started by: zappaDPJ on Nov 06, 2025, 18:08:13

Title: IDNet Password Notice (scam?)
Post by: zappaDPJ on Nov 06, 2025, 18:08:13
Has anyone else received an email suggesting their IDNet email password is about to expire?

I'm 99.99% sure it's a scam but I can't for the life of me find how to view message headers in the latest version of Outlook 365.
Title: Re: IDNet Password Notice (scam?)
Post by: Simon on Nov 06, 2025, 18:19:20
I've just checked my Spam folder and yes, there's one there for one of my accounts.  It's clearly a scam because both the From and To are the same.  Definitely not from IDNet.
Title: Re: IDNet Password Notice (scam?)
Post by: zappaDPJ on Nov 06, 2025, 18:35:15
Thanks Simon. It makes me wonder how someone would be able to create a list of IDNet customer email addresses.
Title: Re: IDNet Password Notice (scam?)
Post by: Simon on Nov 06, 2025, 21:02:30
The email address they used for mine was one I haven't used for ages.  My main IDNet account probably gets more spam than any other of my email accounts, but I kind of assumed that's because it's the one connected to eBay, and I've heard sellers aren't always particularly conscientious about customer data security.
Title: Re: IDNet Password Notice (scam?)
Post by: zappaDPJ on Nov 06, 2025, 21:42:10
Quote from: Simon on Nov 06, 2025, 21:02:30The email address they used for mine was one I haven't used for ages

In some ways that makes it a little more puzzling.

Given the email address I received the email on I find it highly unlikely that someone used a random word generator to create a list of IDNet customers. More likely they have obtained or compiled a list of customers from data breaches.

Let's see if anyone else responds to this.