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Paypal letter - a scam?

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  • jonesk733
    jonesk733 Posts: 10 Forumite
    i just received one of these today. what worries me is that it had my name on it (1st name & surname) i have sent it to paypal, and i have checked my paypal account. up to now nothing is showing on my accout. what would happen if money was taken?
  • soolin
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    jonesk733 wrote: »
    i just received one of these today. what worries me is that it had my name on it (1st name & surname) i have sent it to paypal, and i have checked my paypal account. up to now nothing is showing on my accout. what would happen if money was taken?

    It's a scam so don't worry, if anything was taken from your account you would get it back as long as you have made all sensible precautions to keep your passwrod secure. Anyway, if you have kept your password secure and change it often enough no one can get access to it.
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  • eiamhere69
    eiamhere69 Posts: 106 Forumite
    Just received one of these, wasn't too bothered, clearly fake. What did bother me was that my full name was present at the heading.
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