WARNING ebay and paypal spoof emails

chrisaj

I've had 2 emails today, supposedly from ebay, saying that an unaurthorised user had been trying to access my account, please click on the link below to verify your details or your account will be suspended................yeah right :rotfl:The email address which it was sent to is not my ebay email :rotfl:.....nice try :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

emmliss

hi
i got this from paypal today and i have a 21 day hold on funds as i dont sell much contacted paypal and they havent answered yet when i logged in via site not link funds on hold wasnt lifted so is this a spoof....

Dear xxxxxx (it did say my name )

Because of your consistently good performance, we're removing your account's payment hold.
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Visit our Help Centre.
Yours sincerely,

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Intergalactic_Floozie

Is this a spoof? I haven't logged onto paypal for a while and have forgotten my password. I have gone and opened a new browser (not gone through the link) and asked them to send me a password reminder, but seeing up there ^^ someone said if they address it to CUSTOMER it's a spoof:


Dear Customer Paypal ,
This e-mail has been sent to you by Paypal Forms to inform you that we were unable to process your most recent payment of bill.This might be due to either of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information. (eg: billing address, phone ,Credit card)
2. Submitting incorrect information during bill payment process.
we request you to confirm and update your billing information today by clicking here.
If you have already confirmed your billing information then please disregard this message as we are processing the changes you have made.
Regards,
Paypal
Billing Department
Thanks for your co-operation.
Sent from [EMAIL="paypal@noreply.com"]paypal@noreply.com[/EMAIL]

photovoltaik

Great work soolin ........

mistywoo

Hi
Just to warn people about the latest paypal spoofs that i received today,two of them, the first one was saying that i had made a payment to Skype,it was from Paypal Department,the title was - Receipt For Your Payment To Skype Store Inc.
Dear Paypal Customer (doh) basically saying i had made a payment to Skype for 3 months subscription(i dont use Skype) if i had not made this payment to press the cancel payment button to stop payment,at the bottom of the message was a massive button for me to click saying ' cancel payment ' , obviously i did not click it.
The second one came through about 8 mins later this one was from Paypal Security and was titled - Unauthorized Payment From Your Account To Skype Inc, the second one was an identical lay out to the first one and again i did not press the big ' cancel payment ' button.
I have checked my account, all is okay and i have phoned Paypal up just to confirm all is ok, both emails forwarded to [EMAIL="spoof@paypal.com"]spoof@paypal.com[/EMAIL].
Just a heads up guys,need to be vigilant and observant, i do not know what would have happened if i had pressed the big buttons, may be it would have asked for my login details etc.

guitar63

I had one too re 'Skype'. Did excatly the same as mistywoo.

'Keep 'em peeled' folks!!

kelou

Thanks for the heads up, just got this and was a bit concerned!

niknaknoo1982

I got the same one today, how can i report it?

Kilty_2

Some of the emails posted in this thread are clearly real - the ones linking to "email1.paypal.com" are to subdomains on PayPal servers.

Also not sure posting live phishing links on an open forum is wise.

fishingcinema

PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS IN THIS POST.

Got an email through today obveiously fake email and surely anyone would realise that they are asking for way to much information from you. If you were to fill in the form and send it back to them think of the things they could do with the below info.
makes me sick, low life scum, i was quite temptet to email back in big bold letters
**** off you scum bags, but thought why bother so came here to warn others.




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Dear PayPaI customer, Due to recent numerous failed log-in attempts we havelimited access to your account. This has been done to prevent your account from harm. Please download the form attached to this email. If a dialog box appears with the option to open or save, click open. Once opened, please follow the steps to restore your access. Quality service and the security of your account areof great importance to us. We appreciate each opportunity to serve you. Sincerely,Customer Service


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