IF you get this email from Netflix, delete it immediately. It could cost you a lot of money.

NETFLIX has again been hit by a sophisticated scam that attempts to fool subscribers into handing over their credit card details.

The bogus email has been doing the rounds in Australia and has attracted the attention of New South Wales police, who tweeted a warning this morning.

The email tells Netflix users their credit card details need updating — and invites them to click through to a second page that is a phishing site.

Phishing is the attempt to obtain information like card details and passwords by disguising a web page as trustworthy.

The scam is signed “your friends at Netflix”. It isn’t known how many people have fallen for the scam.

A Netflix spokesman said: “We take the security of our members’ accounts seriously and Netflix employs numerous proactive measures to detect fraudulent activity to keep the Netflix service and our members’ accounts secure. Unfortunately, these scams are common on the internet and target popular brands such as Netflix and other companies with large customer bases to lure users into giving out personal information.”

Netflix said members who wanted to learn more about how to keep their personal information safe against phishing scams and other malicious activity should go to netflix.com/security or contact Customer Service.