On 04/09/2019 17:15, Martin Brown wrote:
On 04/09/2019 14:33, Andrew wrote:
On 04/09/2019 13:52, Martin Brown wrote:
On 04/09/2019 13:44, Andrew wrote:
On 04/09/2019 10:05, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I don't know if the TV Licencensing server has been hacked or if a
phishing email writer made a lucky guess, but today I received an
obvious phishing email suggesting my license could not be renewed
and that it expired on the 31st August.
In fact it was due to expire on the 31st, but I renewed it on the
28th.
Other than that stroke of genius guess with the date of expiry, it
was badly spelled and seemed to be offering me the facility to
renew for free.
I couldn't renew mine at all using their link.
Because I have kaspersky safe banking, when the time comes to
call up 'verified by visa' something just times out.
Kaspersky security has a point. "Verified by Visa" is a textbook
example of how *NOT* to implement a properly secure customer
verification 
It seems to be the tvlicensing bit that times out though.
You can't tell where the timeout really happens. Most likely it is
Kaspersky blocking the would be pop-up window from 3D-(in)secure.
I had to make the tvlicensing.co.uk URL a 'safe site' so that
kaspersky safe banking powers up before I enter any details.
I did wonder if the real one might not be .gov.uk and the one you
went to was a Google search suqatter (much like the USA visa waiver
con).
No, I have now had a reply from
USA visa waiver con-men also send out very convincing looking payment
acknowledgements but just pocket your cash - it is only when you
actually try to board a plane that you find out you have been conned.
OTOH in this case the governments own TV licensing link also opens the
same site URL that you referred to. So it should really have been on
Kaspersky's white list of commonly used trusted payment sites.
TV licensing emailed today saying they are aware that some card
payments are not completing but showing as pending on customers
accounts, so it isn't just me :-(