Sumup Phishing Scam
Two emails in quick succession with an impending deadline, each had different sender addresses and click through web addresses. Nothing to do with the Sumup platform, they are phishing attempts to get your bank details...
Let's have a look at the email received and look at the pointers that the email is a scam or phishing attempt to try to gain access to financial details...
E-Mail received:
Date: 24/04/2026, 01:25
From: SumUp admin60051@drenlia.com
To: Undisclosed recipients
Subject: Reminder: Please verify your account before 30. April 2026.
Notes: We do not have a Sumup account but even if the recipient has such an account communications are not likely to come from the address: admin60051@drenlia.com nor is the click through address be: https://vps-7220380.reframelearning.com/~noelriverainsura/re there does not appear to be any connection with the official Sumup website (sumup.com or sumup.co.uk).
The follow up email came from: info65350@vdartinc.com and the click through address was: https://servidor1.mwy.com.co/~fuerzalo/- the deadline in this case was said to be 9th May 2026
Recomendation: Don't click on any links, just delete the email.
Michael Fowler
Other articles by Michael Fowler:
ICANN Verification Phishing Scam - Michael Fowler
If ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) wished you to verify your details including email address you would be contacted using an icann.org email address or via your Domain Registrar and not by a cPanel username on your domain name. It is a phishing scam... more >>
Cloud Storage Payment Declined Phishing Scam - Michael Fowler
A "catch-all" phishing scam not mentioning any specific cloud storage platform but urging you to submit bank account payment details to their fake page. They claim to be emailing from a Cloud storage and yet the email address gives the name Cloud-Stockage such sloppiness would not be present if this was a genuine payment declined email for an online account.. more >>
Renewal of W-8BEN Certification Phishing Scam - Michael Fowler
"Our compliance team has identified that your certification has expired or will soon expire. To remain in compliance, you must renew your documentation immediately" That as it may be but the email coming from an email address welcome@zykxdj.com seems suspicious... more >>