Pay pal scam e-mail warning

sebandie

If you receive this notice in your e-mail in box do not open it

We Recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from foreign IP address and we have reasons to believe that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization. If you recently noticed one or more attempts your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if your are rightful holder of the account, click on the link below to log into your account and fallow the instructions below

preable

Well yes as paypal wont spell follow wrong

Kite2010

Are the paypal phishing mails coming around again?

Will make a change from the emails from HSBC saying that my account has been suspended due to unusual activity or emails from Natwest saying they are updating security so would I be kindly enough to confirm some details for them (neither bank I use)

Marcusp

I got one as well and I don't even have a paypal account but I still clicked on the link and put in some details.

Kite2010

Marcusp wrote: »

I got one as well and I don't even have a paypal account but I still clicked on the link and put in some details.

Did you stop for a minute to think that the website you have entered fake details on could have downloaded computer nasties onto your computer?

sebandie

Kite2010 wrote: »

Did you stop for a minute to think that the website you have entered fake details on could have downloaded computer nasties onto your computer?

Most people have protection.I also filled in the info bars clicked on enter,so they probably know by now what i think of their little scam.

Marcusp

Did you stop for a minute to think that the website you have entered fake details on could have downloaded computer nasties onto your computer?

OOPS!

Did it download computer nasties onto anyone else's computer?

unholyangel

Forward the email to spoof@paypal.com

cyberbob

unholyangel wrote: »

Forward the email to spoof@paypal.com

That makes little difference as even if you send what are definitely genuine Paypal emails to that address they report them as spoofs.

The most obvious way to identify a real PP email is PP will always address it to you personally. e.g. Dear Fred blogs

Never click on a link. Always log into your Paypal account directly (not via a link)

cyberbob

sebandie wrote: »

Most people have protection.I also filled in the info bars clicked on enter,so they probably know by now what i think of their little scam.

Expect far more SPAM now.:T

TurkishDelight

preable wrote: »

Well yes as paypal wont spell follow wrong

I really wouldn't bet on that

But yes, never click on any link in spam. It tells them that your email address is still live, as I seriously doubt they give a toss that someone doesn't approve of their scam.