Paypal Scam!!

manix J

manix J

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Greetings BF Family, I hope this is posted in the correct forum, after spending several minutes researching it seemed the most appropriate.

Be wary of emailings claiming they are from paypal (looks very legit!) claiming your account is limited or suspended for suspicious activity.

It will give you a link to log in....don't do it. Always close the email and open a new window from paypal and log in. They almost got me...my spidey senses tingled and called paypal was told it was a scam.

I warn my Bf friends because the only thing I have bought with paypal for the past few years have been knives only here on the forum. Just wanted to send out a warning in case we have a criminal scanning our boards looking for email addys for paypal info.

Thanks Friends,

Jeff
 
In general, bank, credit card, cell phone carrier, internet service provider, e-mail provider, water utility any such thing. If you receive an e-mail advising you that there is some issue with your account and asking you to log in online, DO NOT follow the link in the e-mail. Open a fresh browser window and use the usual URL that you always use to log into your account. DO NOT call the company on the phone number provided in the e-mail. Call on the usual number you use for them or on a number you got from the company's website where you typed in the URL.

And if you get one of these scam e-mails, they're called phishing schemes, call the company and ask what e-mail address they want you to forward it to for them to investigate it. Most have some address such as abuse@firstbank.com or phishing@acmeCredit.com or some such thing to send those e-mails to.
 
Phishing is done by telephone too. You may get a call saying something like, "Hello, this is Roberta at Visa Credit and Debit Card Security Department. We've identified some unusual activities on your account. Can you please verify for me that you have your card with you? Good. What is the account number on that card? Thank you, and the expiration date? And now can you please read for me the numbers printed on the back of the card? Thank you. That's all we needed. Sorry to have troubled you. Have a nice day." Yeah, they have just begun to trouble you.

The rule to avoid this is much the same: always call back on the number printed on the card or on your bill. Just say, "Oh, Roberta, I'm surprised to hear about any problems on my card. I will call the customer service number printed on the card right now. Thank you for allerting me to this."
 
I got the same email last year some time,it does look exactly like the paypal page. It's good to get a reminder. :thumbup:
 
A family member just called me this morning asking about this email...she has never had a PayPal account and got it. :)
 
This is some info from PayPal about emails.

•Look for a PayPal Greeting: PayPal will never send an email with the greeting "Dear PayPal User" or "Dear PayPal Member." Real PayPal emails will address you by your first and last name or the business name associated with your PayPal account. If you believe you have received a fraudulent email, please forward the entire email—including the header information—to spoof@paypal.com. We investigate every spoof reported. Please note that the automatic response you get from us may not address you by name.

•Don't share personal information via email: We will never ask you to enter your password or financial information in an email or send such information in an email. You should only share information about your account once you have logged in to www.paypal.com.

•Don't download attachments: PayPal will never send you an attachment or software update to install on your computer.
 
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