Tesco Mobile spam/scam

A tad OT but maybe others have had a similar experience...
I received a spam email from someone purporting to be the 'Digital
Payments' arm of Tesco Mobile, complete with authentic looking
graphics, asking me to update my card details, you know, like those
Nigerian Diplomats wanting to deposit money in your account kind of
scam. The odd thing is they addressed me by my full name (the mobile
number quoted is'nt mine though) and since I've been with Tesco for a
while (1 yearish) I'm wondering how the scammers might have come by my
name. Are Tesco unsecure online?

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eadg <don'tbe@it.com> wrote:

> A tad OT but maybe others have had a similar experience...
> I received a spam email from someone purporting to be the 'Digital
> Payments' arm of Tesco Mobile, complete with authentic looking
> graphics, asking me to update my card details, you know, like those
> Nigerian Diplomats wanting to deposit money in your account kind of
> scam. The odd thing is they addressed me by my full name (the mobile
> number quoted is'nt mine though) and since I've been with Tesco for a
> while (1 yearish) I'm wondering how the scammers might have come by my
> name. Are Tesco unsecure online?

I'm not sure, but I use a specific email for tesco, and I haven't had
any spam that I'm aware of to that address.

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