advice please

becks.989

i have no doubt at al that this is a a scam but thought i'd put it to you to see what you think.

my mother and father have been having emails (not through ebay) about a item that they have not paid for. this morning they have received a email saying that the person is reporting them to paypal due to this. they haven't bid on anything of his, not won an item of his, not paid for a item of his. but are really worried about these emails. i have blocked the person from thier email and am trying to block them from their ebay account. what do you think?

becks

trencherpilot

Get em from time to time, just ignore them. They're trying to get your paypal passwords etc!

I usually find that there is something wrong in the details, or the return email address is [EMAIL="Paypal@another I S P.co.uk"]Paypal@another I S P.co.uk[/EMAIL]

tattytildatoo

This sounds like a classic 'phishing' or 'spoof' email. Don't click on any links, don't reply - just forward, unedited, the whole email to [EMAIL="spoof@paypal.co.uk"]spoof@paypal.co.uk[/EMAIL] or [EMAIL="spoof@ebay.co.uk"]spoof@ebay.co.uk[/EMAIL] (depending on whom the email is supposedly from) whereupon you should get a reply with advice on how to change your personal information if it's been compromised.

Also, be aware that opening the emails may be a risk - I am quite sure that's where a recent virus came from, and I had to wipe my pc and start from scratch :mad:

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