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A curry from Currys? Pilau the other one

received an that suggested I’d made an order for seats in a restaurant in Newcastle through Currys PC World! It said my order was unclaimed and urged me to click a purple button saying ‘Click here to cancel your order’. It says you’ll be able to cancel your order via PayPal, but you’ll actually be taken to a fake site that will capture your credentials. The email takes many forms, as you can see on this YouTube video: . Several people have commented that they’d also received the email.

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