Fake PayPal email.

marliepanda

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

The misspelled word "sevice" was before "PayPall".



It is quite realistic, and, on a cursory look, such as by someone not very net savvy, it could be mistaken for the genuine article.

On a cursory glance the service could be missed. The misspelled brand name is pretty obvious.

It's not realistic, and anyone with the wherewithal to be trusted with a PayPal account should know to scrutinise any email regarding finance. Even service-repair doesn't sound correct.

prowla

Never click on a link in an email...

powerful_Rogue

absolutereturn wrote: »

That's obviously not a real email address, I just typed "paypall.com" and it redirects to the PayPal website, that means PayPal own that similar-sounding domain.

Anyone can register a domain and redirect it to a site they dont own.

MothballsWallet

The_ICT_Engineer wrote: »

Actual a great deal can be done with the information forwarded. Namely taking down the fake site that the e-mail is linked to. Along with tracking down the 'Black hat's' in the under-web behind it.

below are a few things that
PayPal will never do in an email communication:
1. Send an email to: "Undisclosed Recipients" or more than one email address
2. Ask you to download a form or file to resolve an issue
3. Ask to verify an account using personal information such as name, date of birth, driver license, or address
4. Ask to verify an account using bank account information such as bank name, routing number, or PIN number
5. Ask to verify an account using credit card information such as credit card number or type, expiration date, ATM PIN number, or CVV2 security code
6. Ask you for your security question answers without displaying each security question you created
7. Ask you to ship an item, pay a shipping fee, send a Western Union Money Transfer, or provide a tracking number before the payment received is available in your transaction history

But will Paypal take the scammers down?

Remember, this is the same bunch who moved to Lichenstein (or Luxembourg) so that they didn't have to be regulated by the FSA/FCA for their UK operations.

The_ICT_Engineer

tomtontom wrote: »

I don't need to be forewarned to spot two spelling mistakes in four words. If someone misses something so obvious then they would be well advised to spend some time learning how to stay safe online.

https://www.getsafeonline.org/shopping-banking/

No need to be a big head, Not everyone is 'Queen' of the spelling B like yourself.

The_ICT_Engineer

MothballsWallet wrote: »

But will Paypal take the scammers down?

Remember, this is the same bunch who moved to Lichenstein (or Luxembourg) so that they didn't have to be regulated by the FSA/FCA for their UK operations.

Sites have been taken down, But it depends on where it is located. In the meantime the link is redirected to it's own site.