PayPal spoof email

dawnydee73

I have received this email claiming to be from PayPal, I think its a really bad spoof but would like to warn others who may receive one. Would anyone fall for this :eek:

Dear member,

This email confirms that you have paid orders from dell $699.99 USD using PayPal.

This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as "PAYPAL *DELL INC".


Payment Details

Purchased From:Dell.Inc
Item #Item TitleQuantity$669.95 USD$669.95 USD
Shipping & Handling via USPS First Class Mail to 154XX
(includes any seller handling fees)$19.16 USDShipping Insurance (optional):--Sales Tax (6.000% inPA) : $10.88 USDTotal:$699.99 USDNote:Thank you!


Shipping Information

Shipping Info:Wayne E Bakewell
16 elm st
Brownsville, PA 15417
United States
Address Status:Confirmed
If you have questions about the shipping and tracking of your purchased item or service, please contact the seller orders dell.com.

Do you confirm this transaction?
If this transaction was not made by you please immediately take the following steps:

• Login to your account by clicking on the link below
• Provide requested information to ensure you are the owner of the account
• Find this transaction in HISTORY and click 'Cancel Transaction'

[URL="http://"]CANCEL TRANSACTION![/URL]
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

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 choose the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

PayPal Email ID PP843

susplum

You should report it to PayPal and possibly ebay too.

pennylane99

I used to get loads like that...just binned them.

put that first line of the message into google

frivolous_fay

You should probably edit your post to remove the links... you don't want people clicking on them.

dawnydee73

susplum wrote:

You should report it to PayPal and possibly ebay too.

Already have done, well to PayPal anyway. There is no mention of ebay in it.

You should probably edit your post to remove the links... you don't want people clicking on them.

All links are now invalid.

crispeater

omg i was just having a panic attack then as apparently i've brought a gymboree tea garden!
im so glad this is just a spoof email.. so do i report this to paypal? what do i do forward it on?