URGENT - Phishing Scam doing the rounds

merri-drake

Hi - Sorry I do not know where to post this so everyone can see it.

I thought I would let you all know about a phishing email I received yesterday with the author masquerading as Paypal.
The email stated that I had purchased a leather bound copy of an encyclopaedia for $199 and said that payment would be coming from my paypal account. It also had one of those big shiny 'PUSH ME!' style buttons in the middle of the email stating that if I had not authorised the payment to 'click here'.
I realised that these emails are forever doing the rounds, but this one looks remarkably good even though on further inspection you can see it is a spoof.
If you receive this email :eek: DO NOT OPEN IT :eek: but instead forward to [EMAIL="spoof@paypal.com"]spoof@paypal.com[/EMAIL] so it can be dealt with by their security department.
Unfortunately I know someone who was stung for £600 by this scam so please be aware.
Best Wishes, Katie

Crabman

Hi Katie, I've moved this to the 'Warnings & Rip-Offs' Board

Hi, Martin’s asked me to post this in these circumstances: I’ve asked Board Guides to move threads if they’ll receive a better response elsewhere(please see this rule) so this post/thread has been moved to another board, where it should get more replies. If you have any questions about this policy please email [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL]

Blacksheep1979

please forward to paypal where they will do absolutely nothing - about as much a waste of time as posting it on here tbh. As with everything never follow links in emails - follow that and you'll avoid 99.99% of phishing troubles.