WARNING ebay and paypal spoof emails

frivolous_fay

daymo77 wrote: »

i have been so bloody stupid and have fallen for the exact email as above from nigeria i have posted it and everything? where does that leave me if anywhere?

Unless you posted it TODAY, there's really not a lot you can do

social_entrepreneur

:beer: When you first login to any site which uses a password, ALWAYS login using an incorrect password.
If the site accepts your incorrect password,YOU KNOW IT'S A FAKE WEBSITE!
As only the genuine website would know your true details.
Hope this helps.

credit_crunch

i had 2 emails 2 day from paypal both at 11:13am 2day - any1 think they are fake? I mean I checked with my bank & my account is still up & running!! the date and bank account digits were missing from the email as shown below. and also i haven't tried to transfer money from my bank account as I always keep a maximum of £50 in paypal account to cover ebay fees.

Dear (my full name)
On , we attempted to transfer from your bank account, ending in . This transfer was returned by your bank on for the reason below:

There was a bank processing error.

As a result, this bank account has been removed from your PayPal account. Please contact your bank for more information or add a new bank account. Please do not contact PayPal because this is entirely an issue between the account holder and their bank.

Yours sincerely,
PayPal

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

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PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. & Cie, S.C.A.
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Registered Office: 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg
RCS Luxembourg B 118 349
PayPal Email ID PP014

what do you think? i contacted paypal but no response yet? should i forward it to the spoof/spam address

frivolous_fay

This sounds like it could be legit. I think perhaps you misunderstand what they're telling you:

credit_crunch wrote: »

As a result, this bank account has been removed from your PayPal account. Please contact your bank for more information or add a new bank account.

credit_crunch wrote: »

I checked with my bank & my account is still up & running!!

Of course it is - but Paypal are saying they have removed the connection with your bank account from your PAYPAL account. So log in to paypal and take a look. Paypal are saying it's due to a bank error, not because your account has disintegrated

vic1

I had an e mail the other day from" Paypal " about my account - funny thing is i don't have an account. daughter does and uses it on my computer but under a set of different passwords and usernames. i replied sorry don't have an account and guess what the post came back as not known. i then scanned computer for viruses( already had something on there so don't know if it gave me anything ) this is the second time its happened and once it came through on her username etc and we ignored it as i said if there was a problem it'll show up when you got to pay not randomly. .

credit_crunch

frivolous_fay wrote: »

This sounds like it could be legit. I think perhaps you misunderstand what they're telling you:

Of course it is - but Paypal are saying they have removed the connection with your bank account from your PAYPAL account. So log in to paypal and take a look. Paypal are saying it's due to a bank error, not because your account has disintegrated

the second email from paypal said the my bank account had been closed - so I contacted my bank and paypal hadn't even tried to get any money.

the thing is why were paypal tryin to transfer funds from my bank account to my paypal account - thats the bit i cant get my head around as I always have money in paypal account! and haven't bought anything in the last 3 weeks or so! oh the mind boggles lol!

frivolous_fay

credit_crunch wrote: »

the second email from paypal said the my bank account had been closed - so I contacted my bank and paypal hadn't even tried to get any money.

the thing is why were paypal tryin to transfer funds from my bank account to my paypal account - thats the bit i cant get my head around as I always have money in paypal account! and haven't bought anything in the last 3 weeks or so! oh the mind boggles lol!

The second one sounds a bit more spoofy. But you may wish to check that your PP account hasn't been hacked, and double check your PC security.

slydrap

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got this 1 through this morning know its fake as been on ebay and checked my account so watch for this 1

pgt67

A day before going on holiday i had an e-mail from paypal saying I had purchased from a store in America some goods to the total of $1500. Knowing I had not done so I instantly rang paypal who confirmed it was a legit sale - the name was mine but the address was in London somewhere. Fortunately i got it sorted without anything going from my account as i also phoned my bank to make them aware of what was happening - my bank increased my overdraft and told me no charges would be made if anything did go out.

How they got my details I am not sure and paypal investigated but nothing came of it or if it did i never found out

It didn't half put a dampner on the holiday :mad:

wizbit_68

I have recieved at least 4 emails in the past 2 weeks claiming to be from paypal, some saying i had bought something in Germany the others saying i had to update my account . The amazing thing is i dont have an account with paypal , i forwarded them to the spoof team at paypal & guess what they were spoof emails .My advice is never click on any links in them ,delete or forward them to paypal and then DELETE THEM:j