They're still trying.

[Esav Benyamin]

I just got a notice from PayPal that someone tried to access my account, etc., etc.

Not real. They sent it to an email address I don't use with PayPal. They didn't address me by name. The link that showed on the email, that they wanted me to click on, did not match when I copied it to a Word doc.

I forwarded it to spoof@paypal.com as instructed by the real PayPal (which I accessed through my login to my account) and then deleted the fake from my email.

Be careful out there!

 

[gajinoz]

The scumbags are trying a new scam now. Web pages are appearing soliciting money for the disaster victims in America. Usually these websites are not based in the US and I'm sure you can guess how much of the money the victims will get!

Be VERY careful out there!

 

[mwerner]

Last semester, one of our students got her bank account cleaned out responding to one of these "phishing" schemes. And we thought all these kids were computer savvy....

 

[uncle Alan]

I just got a notice from PayPal that someone tried to access my account, etc., etc.

Not real. They sent it to an email address I don't use with PayPal. They didn't address me by name. The link that showed on the email, that they wanted me to click on, did not match when I copied it to a Word doc.

I forwarded it to spoof@paypal.com as instructed by the real PayPal (which I accessed through my login to my account) and then deleted the fake from my email.

Be careful out there!

I keep getting notices that my account is screwed up. Amazing,since I don't do any financial deals on the net excepting renewing Norton . I shy away from them because if I can't feel, I don't buy .

Uncle Alan

 

[Cougar Allen]

Today's Reality Check from www.comics.com

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Let me tell you, this email looked SO good ... if I weren't clued in by a few obvious flaws, I could have been fooled. That it came in on the wrong email address tipped me off right away. But they had format and graphics down pat. No Eastern European or Nigerian English

 

[Gollnick]

I get those "your Paypal account must be updated" e-mails five or six times per week. The problem is that I don't have a Paypal account.

They do serve as a clear reminder of the amount of fraud that's going in.

 

[Carl64]

For a long time it was easy to spot scams with their sloppy appearance and bad english. They are getting a lot better now. You really have to be able to look at the "bigger picture" to see the scam, not just the unprofessional execution.

But the one thing to always remember is you should NEVER have to click on a link in an e-mail. If it is legit, there will be an option to just log into your account like normal and either enter a code if it is some kind of verification or else just go to the messages section, etc. Clicking on links is dangerous because even real links to your account can be very complex. Some scams make use of some fancy tricks to make it look real even when you look close.