Some of the Virgin Media customers who have email account with ntlworld.com has received phishing mail that created a stir for awhile. The phishers who sent this mail impersonated the ISP itself and asked the Virgin’s customers to disclose the personal information like email id and password on or before 20th December. This news soon spread out in Cable Forum. The phishing mail received by Virgin’s customers went on like this:

Attention: Ntlworld Subscribers,
We recently discovered that your email address or someone’s email in your Group is been used in sending bulk mail suspected to be spam or fraud related letters. You are hereby advised to forward Your Email ID & Password to us for Verification of Your email Account.
If this is not completed by 20th December, 2007, we will be forced to delete your email account, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause and appreciate your Assistance in helping us verify & resolve this Matter.
Thanks for Your Co-operation
Ntlworld , Customers Care Unit.
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Phishers often disguise themselves as reputed firms and their mails often resemble the genuine ones. When someone gets any doubts over the mails, it is better to contact the relevant company instead of obliging the requests made in the emails.