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Paypal- Is this a con?
sav4it
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I got this email.
I don't believe it's true. What do you all reckon?
Dear valued PayPal member,
It has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension. Please update your records on or before July 29, 2007.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPal records click on the following link:
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Thank You.
PayPal Update Team
I don't believe it's true. What do you all reckon?
Dear valued PayPal member,
It has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension. Please update your records on or before July 29, 2007.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPal records click on the following link:
********
Thank You.
PayPal Update Team
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It's probably fake.
Go to https://www.paypal.com and log in as normal. If anything needs updated it will tell you there.0 -
I got this email.
I don't believe it's true. What do you all reckon?
Dear valued PayPal member,
It has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension. Please update your records on or before July 29, 2007.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPal records click on the following link:
********
Thank You.
PayPal Update Team
quite simply its a scam, to confirm just go to your real paypal account as you'll have a mail inbox - if it really came from paypal the same mail would also be in there.I never missed a payment :T , I paid off all my credit cards :T , I paid of all my loans :T , i have a work mobile :T - but am now "medium" credit risk
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Hey, I didn't know there was an inbox. shall look for it now.0
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Definitely a fake. Real paypal messages address me by name. Couldn't see an inbox within Paypal though.0
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As others have said, genuine messages will only appear on your My Ebay Messages site and always address you by name..
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What you must do now is send it to the Spoof email people - just follow instructions within ebay - it gives them one more link to track down and you're helping others, too.CAP[UK]for FREE EXPERT DEBT &BUDGET HELP:
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Definitely a fake. Real paypal messages address me by name. Couldn't see an inbox within Paypal though.
good point - Paypal and ebay are the same company so all messages go into the ebay account inbox
I never missed a payment :T , I paid off all my credit cards :T , I paid of all my loans :T , i have a work mobile :T - but am now "medium" credit risk0 -
Thanks folks.
I stupidly deleted it so can't forward to paypal.
You've got me curious now. How do I find my paypal inbox please? I looked and couldn't find it.0 -
Thanks folks.
I stupidly deleted it so can't forward to paypal.
You've got me curious now. How do I find my paypal inbox please? I looked and couldn't find it.
see above - all paypal mails go to the ebay inbox on your ebay account as they are the same company, log into ebay, go to my summary, and on the left is "my messages"I never missed a payment :T , I paid off all my credit cards :T , I paid of all my loans :T , i have a work mobile :T - but am now "medium" credit risk0 -
Ok just checked my ebay and it is empty. It is so long since I set up paypal, I can't remember much about the process. How would paypal know my ebay account ( I'm not a seller)?. I've only ever received messages from sellers in ebay inbox, not paypal.
Not a big deal, I suppose as the real paypal messages go to my email address but I'm just feeling stupid now.0 -
Ok just checked my ebay and it is empty. It is so long since I set up paypal, I can't remember much about the process. How would paypal know my ebay account ( I'm not a seller)?. I've only ever received messages from sellers in ebay inbox, not paypal.
Not a big deal, I suppose as the real paypal messages go to my email address but I'm just feeling stupid now.
its because ebay owns paypal, Paypal was originally set up as a way of ebay members only using a secure and tracked transaction process, although you can still use paypal nowadays for non-ebay transactions. So your paypal details tend to link in with EbayI never missed a payment :T , I paid off all my credit cards :T , I paid of all my loans :T , i have a work mobile :T - but am now "medium" credit risk0
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