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|Description=Revolut sends mass automated emails to accounts that did not complete setup | |Description=Revolut sends mass automated emails to accounts that did not complete setup | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
[[File:Revolut spam emails.png|thumb|'''Revolut emails pressuring the customer to finish account setup''']] | [[File:Revolut spam emails.png|thumb|'''Revolut emails pressuring the customer to finish account setup''']] | ||
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==[Incident]== | ==[Incident]== | ||
When a customer of Revolut creates an account but doesn't complete the setup step of providing a government ID they will receive emails on the given address telling them to complete their setup in a pattern as follows<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-27 |title=Revolut spams user with incomplete accounts |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Revolut/comments/1s57ztb/gb_revolut_spams_users_with_incomplete_accounts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Revolut/comments/1s57ztb/gb_revolut_spams_users_with_incomplete_accounts/ |archive-date=2026-03-27 |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=Reddit}}</ref>: | When a customer of Revolut creates an account but doesn't complete the setup step of providing a government ID they will receive emails on the given address telling them to complete their setup in a pattern as follows<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-27 |title=Revolut spams user with incomplete accounts |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Revolut/comments/1s57ztb/gb_revolut_spams_users_with_incomplete_accounts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260327155359/https://www.reddit.com/r/Revolut/comments/1s57ztb/gb_revolut_spams_users_with_incomplete_accounts/ |archive-date=2026-03-27 |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=Reddit}}</ref>: | ||
* 2 Emails 1 day apart from each other | *2 Emails 1 day apart from each other | ||
* 2 Emails 2 days apart from each other | *2 Emails 2 days apart from each other | ||
* 2 Emails 4 days apart from each other | *2 Emails 4 days apart from each other | ||
A direct date of the incident is not determinable, as due to lack of sources it is unclear when Revolut started enacting this practice. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||