[nybble41]

The verification e-mail is going to say something like "Please verify this e-mail address for your new Netflix account", which is going to look very suspicious to anyone who didn't just sign up for an account. As phishing attempts go, this is not likely to be very effective. It's not nearly as bad as skipping right to the part where they ask for updated payment information (with a pre-authenticated link!)—someone who has a Netflix account, and perhaps a credit card which recently expired, has no reason to suspect such a request, and most likely would not notice that the e-mail address the notice was sent to does not match the one they used when setting up their own account.