E-mail by Paypal fake or real cant make out

amit_1

just got this from paypal

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Security Center






Military Grade Encryption is Only the Start

At PayPal, we want to increase your security and comfort level with every transaction. From our Buyer and Seller Protection Policies to our Verification and Reputation systems, we'll help to keep you safe.








PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.

Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement access to your account will be limited. This is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not compromised.

In order to secure your account we may require some specific information from you. We encourage you to log in by clicking on the link below and complete the requested form as soon as possible.


https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run


Ignoring our request, for an extended period of time, may result in account limitations or may result in eventual account closure.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is
a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience.


Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department


PayPal Email id ******

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*Please do not respond to this e-mail as your reply will not be received.

is it real or fake i clicked the link but it does not have a keypad or https

raptorman

I would say its a spoof. If you forward the email to spoof@paypal.com they will probably tell you its a spoof. Paypal would never ask you to log in via a link.

amit_1

i got a survery from them to i filled it out is it fake?

Dear *******

We understand that your PayPal account may have been temporarily limited due
to questions or concerns by our Account Review team. Thank you very much for
your cooperation during this process. We are pleased that your account has now
been reinstated.

As part of PayPal's Commitment to excellence, we would like to ask you to take
just a few minutes to answer questions about PayPal's account limitation process.


To respond to our survey, please click on the web address below. If that does
not work, please cut and paste the entire web address into the address field
of your browser.

NOTE: Please respond within five days. After 5 days, this invitation will expire.

http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/paypal/survey.taf?survey_id=530&user_id=A0E47613-C6B8-4E44-B4EA-C4EE157D1BD0

Thank you for your feedback and continued business with PayPal!

Sincerely,

PayPal Customer Support

** An important note from the survey vendor **

PayPal, as the party who controls the data collected in this survey, may use
your responses together with existing data it has about you to ensure its products
and services meet your needs. PayPal will treat data collected from you in accordance
with PayPal's privacy policy. To review this privacy policy, please contact PayPal
or visit PayPal's web site.

If you want to be excluded from future surveys and survey correspondence, please
click below:
http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/paypal/opt_out.taf?id=A0E47613-C6B8-4E44-B4EA-C4EE157D1BD0&client=paypal

nalibz

if it does not mention your username then do not reply, do not press the link, do not type in any of yor details, do not be scammed!!!



thats why we should have a "what scams to look out for sticky" so it can act as a reference for all of us

chrisw

The safest thing is NEVER give your details on an email link. ALWAYS enter the site by typing in the address in the address bar.

MarkyMarkD

They are all fakes. Paypal do NOT send out e-mails like this.

If you ever even WONDER if it's genuine, bin it. If it's real, they'll contact you again.

And NEVER click links in e-mails like this - go to the site by manually typing https://www.paypal.com - and then if they need to give you a message they'll do it on their site, not via a dodgy e-mail.

amit_1

i filled the survey in did not askfor my deatils all it asked was what do u think about paypal. I did click the link but did not enter any info in there as i did not see the keypad. i typed https://www.paypal.com and then put all my username password in. doing a virus scan now

soolin

nalibz wrote:

if it does not mention your username then do not reply, do not press the link, do not type in any of yor details, do not be scammed!!!



thats why we should have a "what scams to look out for sticky" so it can act as a reference for all of us

I'm working on a sticky post at the moment about phishing mails and hope to have it posted later today with Divadees agreement.

meanwhile as others have already said these phishing mails are very common and if you are not sure just send them straight to spoof@ebay.co.uk . The real clue though is the 'dear user' start, if it says that don't even bother reading the rest.

Soo

alanrowell

amit_1 wrote:

i filled the survey in did not askfor my deatils all it asked was what do u think about paypal. I did click the link but did not enter any info in there as i did not see the keypad. i typed https://www.paypal.com and then put all my username password in. doing a virus scan now

Oh dear are you saying you filled in the survey THEN went to paypal by typing https://www.paypal.com on the address line or did you fill in the survey then were presented with a paypal screen from where you signed in

If the latter I would guess that by now your paypal account has been well & truely raided and I'd be dubious about the former.

stormCat99

I also had an email from PayPal. I recently had cause to ring Customer Services, and just afterwards I received an email requesting that I filled in a survey about how they performed.

As I had been badly treated I was keen to fill it in; no personal details entered, not even username. Surely this was genuine?

HugoRune_2

I clicked on the link from amit1 and my email address(login name) was already entered, presumably from a cookie? If it is a fraud (and a quick google search strongly suggests it, then why would it pick up my email address?