16-06-2026 09:46 via retailgazette.co.uk

Boots impersonated in phishing scam targeting nearly 9m shoppers

Boots has reportedly been impersonated in a large-scale phishing campaign that targeted nearly nine million email inboxes, according to cybersecurity firm Huntress.
The scam promised shoppers a free Boots beauty sample pack in exchange for completing a short customer satisfaction survey.
Victims who clicked through were taken to a realistic-looking fake Boots storefront, where they were asked to hand over personal information including their name, email address, date of birth, phone number and h
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