{"id":74382,"date":"2016-09-22T12:05:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T12:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d2f65f737a2c80c01e3424b20930c95b"},"modified":"2016-09-22T12:05:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T12:05:39","slug":"news-story-phishing-email-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=74382","title":{"rendered":"News story: Phishing email scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Customers have told us that they are currently receiving fake emails, that pretend to be from us. These \u201cphishing\u201d emails state:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe document attached is an official requisition, reminder or letter from Land Registry. It is not a circular and relates either to an application you have lodged with us or a property in which you have an interest. No paper copy of the item of correspondence will be sent to you.<\/p>\n

The document is in \u2018HyperText Markup Language\u2019 (HTML) which replicates the appearance of the hard copy version. You will need to open the document with your internet browser\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

How to identify phishing emails<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re unsure whether an email you\u2019ve received is genuine, look at the sender address domain in the email\u2019s \u201cFrom\u201d field.<\/p>\n

Genuine Land Registry emails have a sender domain ending in .gov.uk, eg Telford.OfficeMail [Telford.Office@landregistry.gov.uk]<\/p>\n

Phishing emails may use our office names, but are being sent from other email domains, eg Telford.OfficeMail [noreply3@nlacpa.com].<\/p>\n

What to do<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re unsure about an email claiming to be from Land Registry, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Do not open the attachment or follow any links, as this may infect your computer with a virus. Computer viruses can help criminals to steal data from your computer<\/li>\n
  2. Do not reply to the email<\/li>\n
  3. Forward the email to phishing@landregistry.gov.uk<\/a>. We don\u2019t respond to emails forwarded to this address, but we do examine them carefully<\/li>\n
  4. If you\u2019ve lost money or information, or your computer has been taken over by a phishing or malware attack, report it to Action Fraud<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. Delete the email<\/li>\n
  6. If you have accidentally opened the attachment, run your anti-virus software and\/or tell your IT administrator<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For more information about phishing, read Action Fraud\u2019s advice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Some customers are currently receiving phishing emails that spoof Land Registry requisition emails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}