PayPal warning !!!

jaybs02

jaybs02

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Beware of "phishing".
:wait I received an email from varification @ paypal.
The problem is I don't have a PayPal account...
When I contacted PayPal they told me that my email address wasn't even on their system!!! :confused: :bigscream
someone was using this to try and get personal information from me.. :angry

Just beware...

"J"
 
There are a lot of scammers out there that try to get your userid and password, be it PayPal, E-Bay or even banks imposters

Never "verify" your userid, password or other information to anyone. If some is asking you for it, then they want it for reasons that will always be bad for you.
 
This happens with a lot of companies now, especially eBay and Paypal.

Don't give any info unless you log directly onto their site.

When in doubt, shoot them a call too.
 
This was the first time for me...
But I am notified an a regular basis from my bank that this is an ongoing scam
 
A friend of mine fell for a ebay scam. He gave all his personal information to the scam, and told me about it in casual conversation. Luckily we were near a PC and he opened the e-mail for me where I confirmed to him it was a scam. He spent the next 2 days at his local Police Department, Bank, SS Agency.

Called the 3 credit bureas.
Called his Credit card companies.
Called his brokerage.
Called everyone he felt could be affected.

Its been about 6 weeks from the time it happened, and we hope that he caught onto them soon enough.
 
Some people is always trying to get something for nothing. What ever happened to "working for an honest living". We all just have to be watchful and wise.
 
I received a similar phishing email from "paypal" last year after eBay acquired PayPal.

They told me they would cancel all my eBay auctions if I did not resubmit my PayPal info for verification. Knew it was a scam 'cause I buy on eBay frequently but I have never run an auction.
 
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On a side note . I just received something like it about my Ebay account. Ebay doesn't send out emails I've contacted them about this before. So the same thing is happening with Paypal .
 
I get these from EBay and PayPal on almost a weekly basis. I got so tire of reporting it that I don't even pay attention to them anymore.:rolleyes:
 
I've gotten some from US Bank and don't even have an account with them. It's amazing how they copy the site to look official. Ebay and Paypal scammers are also very active on the internet. They hope you clink on the link and leave your login information that they can use. Internets a great way to do business but there are still a lot of vulnerabilities.
 
Maxtorque02 said:
I've gotten some from US Bank and don't even have an account with them. It's amazing how they copy the site to look official. Ebay and Paypal scammers are also very active on the internet. They hope you clink on the link and leave your login information that they can use. Internets a great way to do business but there are still a lot of vulnerabilities.
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I've gotten those US Bank ones. I don't bank with them either.
I didn't think anything of it. I ignored them.
Didn't think about fraud. I guess you just have to be careful.
 
Gotten the Paypal ones many of time and the ebay ones a few. Almost made a mistake and gave them my info but just deleted it and figured if it was something they needed, I would just email them.
 
yea, ive gotten a few stuff concerning paypal too, and i havent touched anything luckily. thanks for the heads up
 
Another thing you should look for is "https:" in the link that is provided in the email. If it is not "https:" than don't click on the link. All emails from PayPal will start off with "https:". I had my share of fraudulent PayPal emails.

With Aloha,
Ranney :)
 
PakShak said:
Another thing you should look for is "https:" in the link that is provided in the email. If it is not "https:" than don't click on the link. All emails from PayPal will start off with "https:".
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Do NOT rely on this. It is easily faked. The text of the link, and the address of the link are separate. If you look at the source (html) of most of these messages, you can see that the displayed text actually is the correct Ebay/PayPal address, but the LINK address directs you to a bogus site.

Even worse, you can fake the address bar URL into appearing that you are at the Ebay/PayPal site when you are actually at the bogus site. Again, you won't know unless you look at the html source.

Very tricky these little devils.

BTW, all of this spoofing has been going on for years.
 
I received these messages before and I hate spam so I am suspicous of all e-mail I am not expecting or people/addresses I do not know. Last week I received a phishing message, concerning Sun Trust bank. Sun Trust does business in the Southern United states and the e-mail wanted me confirm my account information because the banks servers went out during Hurricane Charlie. The problem with is I do not business with Sun Trust and Sun Trust does not have branch locations in my area. I think it is awful that these people are preying on people who have lost so much.

Eric
 
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