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Urgent Paypal Access Card Phishing email

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  • Forgetful
    Forgetful Posts: 1,729 Forumite
    well u must be the first then...
    Like the other posters have said... get them everyday..
    welcome to the real world!!
  • goel_mansi
    goel_mansi Posts: 39 Forumite
    I get these paypal mail quite often.
    I am also gettingmail from HM revenue saying my tax code for incorrect and I owe some credit from them. All fake...The mail make it look like v genuine...
    my email address contains my name, like most people's does. It not too hard to write software to extract the name.
    rgards,
    Peter Ness
  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I even get these bogus PayPal emails written in French. Luckily my webmail server dumps them straight into the spam folder.
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
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