Needless to say, there's NO WAY I'm gonna log into my PayPal account through an email.
Lucy
Subj: URGENT: PayPal Notice!
Date: 7/17/2003 10:40:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: [email protected]
To: xxxxxxxxx
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Dear PayPal Customer
This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by PayPal to detect inactive customers and non-functioning mailboxes.
The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in the next 3 months.
Please confirm your email address and account information by logging in to your PayPal account using the form below:
Email Address:
Password:
Full Name:
This notification expires September 3, 2003
Thanks for using PayPal!
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posted on July 18, 2003 10:54:34 AM new
Once sent bogus paypal message to [email protected] and got return reply from ebay stating that it was to be sent to paypal directly. Anyone know the address for this?
buyhigh
posted on July 18, 2003 04:48:22 PM new
Thank you for the reply. Apparently, while ebay owns paypal, they are trying to keep them separate entitys - perhaps for legal reasons.
buyhigh
Subj: Re: Fwd: URGENT: PayPal Notice! (KMM32606097V67702L0KM)
Date: 7/19/2003 8:11:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Dear XXXXX,
Thank you for contacting PayPal.
Thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can confirm that the email you received; was not sent to you by PayPal. The website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used by
PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please do not enter any personal or financial information into this website.
If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this
fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal Account and
change your password and secret question and answer information. Any compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate parties.
If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal
transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal by following
the instructions below:
1. Go to https://www.paypal.com/
2. Click on the Security Center at the bottom of the page
3. Click on "Report a Problem"
4. Select the Topic: Report Fraud
5: Select the Subtopic: Unauthorized use of my PayPal Account, and click Continue.
6. Follow the instructions to access the appropriate form
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us again.
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
PayPal, an eBay Company
