Avalanche of fake PayPal emails

[Deleted User]

Just a heads up to anyone else who uses PayPal I've been receiving at least 3 fake emails a day for the past week claiming that my personal details have been changed, I immediately forwarded them to PayPal and contacted them by phone to check my account was secure.

PayPal confirmed that the emails were fake and that the scammers have been working over time over the past month, sending out 200% more phishing emails than usual
So be very alert if you think an email is fake. DONT reply to it
DONT click on any links in the email
NEVER disclose your personal info in an email
FORWARD the fake email to. Sppof@paypal.com
And contact PayPal ASAP BUT DONT USE THE CONTACT DETAILS IN THE FAKE EMAIL

Le_Kirk

I recently (last week) sent some phishing e-mails to PayPal [EMAIL="Spoof@paypal.com"]Spoof@paypal.com[/EMAIL] but did not get a personalised e-mail just the standard automated reply.

theonlywayisup

bushbaby1103 wrote: »

Just a heads up to anyone else who uses PayPal I've been receiving at least 3 fake emails a day for the past week claiming that my personal details have been changed, I immediately forwarded them to PayPal and contacted them by phone to check my account was secure.

PayPal confirmed that the emails were fake and that the scammers have been working over time over the past month, sending out 200% more phishing emails than usual
So be very alert if you think an email is fake. DONT reply to it
DONT click on any links in the email
NEVER disclose your personal info in an email
FORWARD the fake email to. Sppof@paypal.com
And contact PayPal ASAP BUT DONT USE THE CONTACT DETAILS IN THE FAKE EMAIL

I think you mean spoof@paypal.com

donnac2558

Le_Kirk wrote: »

I recently (last week) sent some phishing e-mails to PayPal [EMAIL="Spoof@paypal.com"]Spoof@paypal.com[/EMAIL] but did not get a personalised e-mail just the standard automated reply.

You never get a personalised reply. I just delete without reading

hollydays

I've had a slight increase in them over the last two weeks, eg
" Your account Paypal will be closed in 48H"
" we've disable on your paypal account until hear from you"

JReacher1

Just ignore/delete them. The email address on these is always ridiculous.

If you fall for them you deserve to be defrauded!

Morglin

I have never used PayPal, and am inundated with them - I just "spam" them.

Lin

Le_Kirk

donnac2558 wrote: »

You never get a personalised reply. I just delete without reading

bushbaby1103 wrote: »

PayPal confirmed that the emails were fake and that the scammers have been working over time over the past month, sending out 200% more phishing emails than usual....

That's what I was refereeing to as I only received the standard automated reply but BushBaby seemed to get a personalised one.

[Deleted User]

Le_Kirk wrote: »

That's what I was refereeing to as I only received the standard automated reply but BushBaby seemed to get a personalised one.

After I telephoned them to check my account

soolin

bushbaby1103 wrote: »

After I telephoned them to check my account

Most people recognise these spoof emails immediately, the fact that you had to phone paypal probably meant they were concerned that you were perhaps new to all this, and felt they needed to give you extra reassurance .