Just got a hoax email from 'Paypal'

JohnB47

Just received this with, of course, the usual link to click:


We Detect Suspicious activity from Your Account

Dear Costumer,



I suppose it's a good thing that these people can't spell but I wouldn't have clicked on the link anyway.

Edit: Then again, maybe Costumer is actually a word - a cross between a customer and a consumer?

John_Gray

A costumer is someone who makes, sells, or deals with costumes.
We British would call this person a costumier...

JohnB47

Blimey, it is a word! What a curious mistake to make.

But no, I do not make sell or deal in costumes.

Farway

Maybe they used an auto spill checker?

Bogof_Babe

Farway wrote: »

Maybe they used an auto spill checker?

Or a bad auto translator.

Norman_Castle

I got one recently where the headline banner said logo instead of paypal. I think it was a rush job.

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/security/report-problem

debitcardmayhem

Damn , tomorrow I will send a corrected email saying

Dear consumer of phish, we will notice that you are going to buy a full version of 51 Shaydes of Greyfryers yesterday. 
Our records are incomplete please confirm you Name,Address, Date of the Best date of your Life, Seacret of Answers by clicking on your Count here .....> wwwww.phish4you.co.io.su.ck.er
Kind mistakes 
A R sole-ki 
CEO PayPal NK 
If your not the entended resipient of the email please four words to it to who you may know.
If this male is not your type please unsubscribe hear ....>  
wwwww.phish4you.co.io.su.ck.er/anotheronethatisalive

Heedtheadvice

I am just laughing at the "spill chucker". Are they lit at the time of chucking?

Robisere

I have these occasionally, I forward them to spoof@paypal.co.uk

I had one yesterday, forwarded it and received a thanks from PP this morning. The sender was " Klient@PayPalcustomerservices.com " and they were kind enough to inform me that my Paypal account was withdrawn. To cure this supposed problem, all I had to do was "...click this link..." Yeah, right.

Le_Kirk

Robisere wrote: »

I have these occasionally, I forward them to [EMAIL="spoof@paypal.co.uk"]spoof@paypal.co.uk[/EMAIL]

I had one yesterday, forwarded it and received a thanks from PP this morning.

Wow, you lucky thing. I always forward them to PP but have never received a reply, let alone a thank you!

Whenever I receive an e-mail telling me my PP account is suspended, I do a silent dance as it mean I cannot spend money!!!

onomatopoeia99

If I posted every hoax email I receive on here it would outnumber other posts by about 20:1. Do we need that?