Overview

• HypoVereinsbank customers have received emails warning of account or card suspension within 24 hours unless they confirm personal and payment information via embedded links.
• Netflix subscribers are targeted with messages falsely claiming failed payments on a non-existent €9.99 plan and urging them to renew billing details on counterfeit websites.
• The fraudulent emails often feature impersonal greetings, misspellings of brand names and abnormal pricing as key indicators of scam attempts.
• Financial watchdogs and service providers insist they never solicit sensitive data through unsolicited emails and advise users to enable two-factor authentication for added security.
• This dual campaign marks the latest surge in a months-long phishing spree in Germany that has escalated through AI-generated deepfakes, cloned domains and coercive urgency tactics.