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Title: Phising Pay Pal email
Post by: Cindy on March 02, 2016, 01:48:35 AM
Post by: Cindy on March 02, 2016, 01:48:35 AM
Be aware there is a pay pal announcement being sent out.
This is a phishing email trying to obtain your financial details.
Do not respond to it in any way just delete it.
It looks like this:
Dear Customer,
This is to inform you that your account was selected for verification during our regular system maintenance.
Click Here
Confirming your account will give you full access to PayPaI, We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Sincerely,
PayPaI
Copyright © 1999-2016 PayPal. All rights reserved.
PayPal PPC000288:5cd8cfe933e85
This is a phishing email trying to obtain your financial details.
Do not respond to it in any way just delete it.
It looks like this:
Dear Customer,
This is to inform you that your account was selected for verification during our regular system maintenance.
Click Here
Confirming your account will give you full access to PayPaI, We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Sincerely,
PayPaI
Copyright © 1999-2016 PayPal. All rights reserved.
PayPal PPC000288:5cd8cfe933e85
Title: Re: Phising Pay Pal email
Post by: Ms Grace on March 02, 2016, 01:52:21 AM
Post by: Ms Grace on March 02, 2016, 01:52:21 AM
And just to help - PayPal will always refer to you by your name, the scammers generally only call you "Dear Customer" or similar.
Title: Re: Phising Pay Pal email
Post by: ChasingAlice on March 02, 2016, 06:08:22 AM
Post by: ChasingAlice on March 02, 2016, 06:08:22 AM
Never click on links in emails! Go to PPs website and login. If PP need information they will request it then. If in question you can forward the email to spoof at PayPal dot com
Title: Re: Phising Pay Pal email
Post by: Joelene9 on March 03, 2016, 03:34:06 PM
Post by: Joelene9 on March 03, 2016, 03:34:06 PM
You forward these to PayPal. I do that every time I get these. PayPal actually investigates them.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/general/Spoof-outside
Joelene
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/general/Spoof-outside
Joelene
Title: Re: Phising Pay Pal email
Post by: Devlyn on March 03, 2016, 03:38:09 PM
Post by: Devlyn on March 03, 2016, 03:38:09 PM
I'm not going to bother verifying my paypal account, I just won the Nigerian Lottery and I'm filthy rich! >:-)