Paypal Scam- Watchout

ashy_mashy

Got this email today, definitely a scam. I nearly fell for it, but luckily McAfee warned me Note the email address...: papal.com not paypal.com

From: service@paypal.com <service@papal.com>
To:
Subject: PayPal - review your account information
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 16:34:14 -0500



Dear PayPal user,


We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address.



If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not initiate the log ins, please visit PayPal as soon as possible to update your account:


Click here to activate your account



Changing your password is a security measure that will ensure that you are the only person with access to the account.


Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

Sincerely,

PayPal, an eBay Company

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Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you
will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account
and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal
page.



PayPal Email ID PP323

spa2k

thanks, its nice to be aware...

eporium

There is a website dedicated to logging details of phishing scams etc;

http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/

soolin

You don't need software to tell you that's a scam, the first line is enough, "dear paypal user".

It's an old scam and a poor one, read through some of the scam thread that's a sticky on this board and you'll see this one has been doing the rounds for a while.

If you think you might ever fall for a phish then it may be worth re reading the help sections on both ebay and paypal about keeping yourself safe.

Soo

owey

I had one from Paypal:rolleyes: the other week saying my credit card was about the expire, "expirey date on card 2008" time flies when your havin fun. Any email that asks for my private info, I will always go to there site and input it, I never reply to any of these emails.

ViJay_3

owey wrote:

I had one from Paypal:rolleyes: the other week saying my credit card was about the expire, "expirey date on card 2008" time flies when your havin fun. Any email that asks for my private info, I will always go to there site and input it, I never reply to any of these emails.

I hope that was a joke! That's what the fraudsters want you to do!

lazymoezy

No vijay. He meant he'll ho to the actual site, not via the link.