posted on March 20, 2004 05:17:56 PM new
HAS ANYONE RECEIVED THIS NOTICE FROM PAYPAL. OR SUPPOSED TO BE PAYPAL.? IS IT REAL OR A FAKE OR SCAM.
Dear Agate18
We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your PayPal account may
have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security
of your account and of the PayPal network is our primary concern.
Therefore, as a preventative measure, we have temporarily limited access to
sensitive PayPal account features.
Click below in order to regain access to your account:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_(PART REMOVED.)
For more information about how to protect your account, please visit
PayPal's Security Center, accessible via the "Security Center" link located
at the bottom of each page of the PayPal website.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your
assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire PayPal
system. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the
"Help" link in the header of any page.
posted on March 20, 2004 05:31:51 PM new
Send it to [email protected]
It's undoubtedly a scam. But Ebay's answer will set your mind at ease.
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posted on March 20, 2004 05:45:34 PM new
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP GUYS. I WILL SEND TO [email protected] AND I WAS SUSPICIOUS OF IT BEING A FAKE. SO DID NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS.
posted on March 20, 2004 05:59:02 PM new
Good advice here. Never, ever click on any link you do not know. Check the headers on the email and it should show you where its from.
posted on March 20, 2004 06:59:13 PM new
Those crooks have tried to get me and I am too smart for them. I have sent every email to Ebay and they sent a quick reply that it was fake.But they got my sister and listed some very expensive computers on her Ebay and her credit card was billed for near $300.00. Lucky she got it corrected.
posted on March 20, 2004 07:00:08 PM newThis one however is real.
Your PayPal Account May Be a Target for Deceptive Emails
Dear XXXXXXXXX,
As part of PayPal's proactive efforts to protect our customers, we are notifying you of important information that we received suggesting that your PayPal account may be a target for deceptive emails, otherwise known as "spoofing" or "phishing". These emails are designed to appear as if they were sent from a trusted online company that you have done business with, such as PayPal.
PayPal has learned that third parties may have obtained limited transaction information from the PayPal site about one or more of your online purchases after obtaining passwords of several PayPal merchants. The information includes general transaction information such as your first and last name, mailing address, email address, and transaction details. These parties may seek to use this information to target you with a deceptive email appearing to come from PayPal or online merchants with whom you have done business.
It is important to note that your personal or financial information, including your PayPal password, and Social Security, driver's license, credit card, and bank account numbers are not at risk. In order to protect your account, this information is always hidden and encrypted, and cannot be accessed by any merchant or third party.
What You Can Do To Protect Yourself
Never provide personal or financial information in response to an email request: PayPal will not ask you to supply your password, bank account number, or any other financial information in an email.
Look out for suspicious-looking emails: If you find an email that you suspect may be fraudulent, forward it immediately to [email protected] and delete it.
Always open a new web browser window (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) to log into PayPal: In the new web browser window, type in the following: https://www.paypal.com/. We suggest you regularly check your PayPal account for any unusual activity.
Do not download any attachments: PayPal will never send you an email attachment, or ask you to download anything in order to use our service or that of any partners.
As you may already know, spoof (deceptive email) is becoming an increasingly common problem impacting large online companies and their customers. PayPal takes spoof very seriously. Remember that your account can be compromised if you share your PayPal password outside the PayPal site.
If you have any questions, or believe you may have already given out your personal information, please call PayPal Customer Service at 1-866-648-5872 or email us at [email protected].
The hilarious thing is that I received an email very much like the one you just posted with LINKS added so one could check on their account, or some other blather. It was fake, and very cleverly disguised to look like the actual Paypal identity theft warning.
The phishers are always trying to cook up a new way to tweak their mailings to snag more unsuspecting dopes. They spam anyone they can, and probably in most cases don't know if they are actually going to people with Paypal accounts, but just send them out in great numbers. They will always snag some, a small percentage of the number sent each mailing scam.
They will continue as long as they continue to snag some.
