USTVnow users - Scam email doing the rounds

[GinBoy2]

FYI for all USTVnow, just go this from the Roku forums. Scam email on the loose, has been denied by USTVnow, and the offending email originates from a company in Lithuania:

Dear ustvnow customer/client,

We are emailing you today because of an unfortunate circumstance that has taken place. Im sure many of you have heard about the growing copyright laws accross North America and how it is affecting bussinesses such as ours. Well today marks both a positive and negative day for ustvnow customers.

Unfortunately ustvnow is being forced to close its doors due to some copyright problems however we have been given some time for users to move over to another company that we were able to secure a percentage within. The company is called UseMyTv.com . This company is similar to ustvnow but also different. At ustvnow you were always limited to just 25-30 channels , all of which were based out of the United States.

The difference with Usemytv.com is that you get access to over 200 channels in HD , all of which are available to users from anywhere in the world, and also include channels from around the world. This means that you will get access to popular channels from the United States including Espn, Fox Sports, Abc, Nbc, Cbs, Fox, Usa Network, and more; popular channels from the United Kingdom including Sky Sports, Box nation, At The Races, Espn UK, and more; popular channels from Canada including Sportsnets, TSNs, Locals and more. With this we also have guaranteed as well as upon request coverage of your favorite sports like every NFL game, every NHL game, every NBA game, every EPL game, and more.

The price at UseMyTV.com currently is just 9.99 however that is the price only for the next few days because we are sending this email to users for the first time. Once it gets closer to the end of the month in which USTVNow will be no more functional, the price at UseMyTV.com will jump to 29.99 per month. However if you signup today and get yourself locked in at just 9.99 , we will honor that price from now on for an unlimited ammount of time.

We know that this is a bittersweet email, however there is much more honey to this situation , than anything else. We have made a major step in live online entertainment streaming from adding more channels to guaranteeing sports coverage that we could never do before.

What are you waiting for now? Run over to http://www.UseMyTV.com and register today to begin enjoying great coverage of all of your favorite channels from around the world.

//USTVNow Management
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[Crossy]

Yeah I got that one too. I don't use USTVnow but I did get their free trial some time back so I get the occasional mail.

If not genuine then evidently their mailing list has leaked

[DPGumbypgh]

Doesn't mean that ustv mailing list has been compromised unless it only sent to ustv users. Scammers will send to everyone's email address that they can get there hands on in the hope that 1% of recipients might have USTV and 1% of those may believe it is true.

[joncl]

this scam is over 2 years old ..

[Pakaty]

Just got that email two days ago. I only registered an account with ustvnow last week to use with the ftv guide in Kodi. They sure got a hold of my email address fast. I wonder if ustvnow is selling its data?

[Pakaty]

Until I saw this thread I thought the email was real. I was curious about the origin of the email so I did a trace. Its the 1st time I've tried this.

It appears to have originated in the USA not Lithuania. That does not mean a company in Lithuania could not have used this IP address.

Source:

The source host name is "dedicated12.large.bmsend.com" and the source IP address is 12.110.193.62.

Geo-Location Information Country United States State/Region CA City Ventura Latitude 34.2863 Longitude -119.2267 Area Code

805

Whois:

The IP address 12.110.193.62 appears to have been assigned by the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). ARIN is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for the United States, Canada, and several islands in the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean.

For details, see the additional information about IP address 12.110.193.62 at ARIN.