Energy credit scam with email addresses

Brie

Fairly certain this is a scam - an email supposedly from gov.uk saying I'm eligible for £400 energy credit (no reason why) and all I need to do is give them my name, phone number, address, date of birth and a d/credit card number.  Just click on this lovely little button.....  Ah no.

But as I scrolled down I see this email trail  - what's that about?

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: chantelle johnson <info@nationalhealthcarewithapersonaltouch.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 3:25 PM
Subject: Fw: [External] national healthcare with a personal touch application
To: Chantelle johnson <chantellejohnson91@gmail.com>

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bishop, Kristen <kbishop@pa.gov>
Date: Monday, September 14, 2020
Subject: All Love Home Care - licensure application
To: "alllovehomecare1@gmail.com" <alllovehomecare1@gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ed Bonaparte <northphillysqueaky@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2020, 10:02 AM
Subject: EIN bhhc
To: bonaparte Ed <northphillysqueaky@gmail.com>
Cc: <bonapartehhc@gmail.com>

MorningcoffeeIV

'Fairly certain' it's a scam?  Wow.

The previous emails a virus that has been using people's emails to send out high quality offers to others.

Make sure you're not now part of their zombie network.

Brie

How can I stop becoming part of their network?  I block senders of these sorts of emails but I get up to 50 a day for some reason and know that they can just generate endless senders' addresses.

MorningcoffeeIV

Thoroughly clean your device to make sure you're not send out spam emails yourself.

Then sort out your spam filters on your email client. You should be getting virtually nothing in your inbox.

If you can't, then change email clients so that you can.