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Another Paypal Scam
Froggitt
Posts: 5,904 Forumite
Received today.......obviously the link does not go to the Paypal site but to a convincing looking scam site at 61.11.12.210/kewl/index.htm
You have added [email] ** email address removed by BG**[/email] as a new email address for
your PayPal account.
If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance
with your account, please contact PayPal customer service at:
**sorry, clickable link to scam site removed by BG**
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot
be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose
the "Help" link in the header of any page.
PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD
NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at
https://www.paypal.com/. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites
by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape)
and typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.
PayPal Email ID PP782
illegitimi non carborundum
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A scam it may be, but at least they are giving out good advice to those who actually read the whole email.Protect yourself against fraudulent websites by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.0 -
I have had a few email scams similar to these. If Paypal ever contact you,they will always address you you by your first name.
You should report this scam to the Paypal fraud team at spoof@paypal.com0 -
Sorry Soo!!!illegitimi non carborundum0
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Froggitt wrote:Sorry Soo!!!
No problem, I know none of our regulars would click on anything, but I am super careful just in case.
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As a text paste, I presumed all it would do is show the paypal address....not the scam address. I emailed spoof@ and they confirmed it was not genuine!!!illegitimi non carborundum0
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FWIW, I checked the link when you first posted it and it did go to the real paypal site, but you can't be too careful.Froggitt wrote:As a text paste, I presumed all it would do is show the paypal address....not the scam address. I emailed spoof@ and they confirmed it was not genuine!!!0
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