Thames Water

baser999
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edited 21 January 2023 at 4:23PM in Water bills
Text message received saying to “be ready to boss your 2023 bill when it arrives . . . . “ I’ve been asked to activate my online account via a link and I’ve been given an account number. That link takes me to what appears to be a legitimate TW site and invites me to set up an account providing my email address, surname and that account number. I cannot recall ever having an online account with TW before.
Searching here I’ve found posts from 2020 and it seems this is likely to be genuine. 
Anyone else received such a text? 


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  • freesha
    freesha Posts: 415 Forumite
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    baser999 said:
    I cannot recall ever having an online account with TW before.



    That's why. They want everyone to have an online account, I worked for another water company and we did several of these campaigns every year.
  • Brie
    Brie Posts: 14,210 Ambassador
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    I would try going into the site via googling TW not using a link.  Just to be sure.  
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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    If you don't trust it, and want an online account, then just go to the main TW site via this link.
    https://www.thameswater.co.uk/help/account-and-billing/your-online-account
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • baser999
    baser999 Posts: 1,237 Forumite
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    Already set up account via TW site, rather than the link, although it did look genuine
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