Olly P Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 All, have recieved the below email and forwarded to Paypal, who have confirmed it is fake. If you see it please forward to the spoof address and delete, do not click the links! Oh, message continues in post 2! Your PayPal Account Well be Deleted Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 13:25 ================================= We need your help ================================= Dear PayPal User, You Must Confirm Your PayPal Account Before we Delete it To Confirm Your Paypal Account Please Login To Your PayPal Link And Write Your Persenol And Card information Your Link : Long Link that messes up the forum Dont Give That Link To Any Body Case ID Number: PP-001-230-377-124 How you can help To Not Confirm It Again It's usually pretty easy to take care of things like this. Most of the time, we just need a little more information about your account or latest transactions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly P Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 To help us with this and to see what you can and can't do with your account until the issue is resolved, log in to your account and go to the Resolution Center. Yours sincerely, PayPal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Centre: A Good Paypal Link Security Centre: A Good Paypal Link Please do not reply to this email because we are not monitoring this inbox. To get in touch with us, log in to your account and click 'Contact Us' at the bottom of any page. Copyright © 2012 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Consumer advisory: PayPal Pte Ltd, the Holder of the PayPal™ payment service stored value facility, does not require the approval of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Consumers (users) are advised to read the terms and conditions: A Good Paypal Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The clue is usually that if you do a roll-over the e-mail address the pop shows a non paypal.com address. One wonders why they'd use a link at an address other than their own mahusive site. Then again, you have to be careful, no reason why someone couldn't spoof a Javascript onrollover hijack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly P Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Indeed Ben, the rollover on this one was a itnl.paypal.com address.... They are getting cleverer, just as well they still can't speel.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hi Olly, whats a roll over the email address ? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamonn Fahey Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Posted by fly boy3 on 27/03/2012 17:18:24: Hi Olly, whats a roll over the email address ? Cheers FB3, If you place your cursor over a clickable link you will see the address of the link on the bottom left of your screen. Simples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Fisher Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 We have reported spoof Paypal emails on a number of occasions. Paypal has always said that they, like banks, would never ask for such details in an email. Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Yes we have to be vigilant,I had money taken from my paypal account,the clue was the bit where it said we will withdraw £39.99 per monthe for something i knew nothing about.I keep having to change my passwords and Im running out.Paypal sorted it out no problem.Problem is if you talk to them its an international number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Yes we have to be vigilant,I had money taken from my paypal account,the clue was the bit where it said we will withdraw £39.99 per monthe for something i knew nothing about.I keep having to change my passwords and Im running out.Paypal sorted it out no problem.Problem is if you talk to them its an international number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Thanks Eamonn. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I will heed the warning Olly. It is just another of the many, for bank a, building society, insurance accounts I do not have. Although I have not had this one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spice Cat Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Thanks for the heads up. Speaking of which, how are you??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Apart from the poor spelling, seemingly Random capiltalisation Of Some words And some oddly worded sentences, the main giveaway is that it's addressed "Dear PayPal User" That alone virtually guarantees it's not genuine, though it is still possible for a phishing/scam email to be addressed to you by name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly P Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Spice - not as bad as I was this time last week! actually started the new job on Monday. Follow up at hospital this morning though so will probably be more awful this afternoon, but might get to flying field with the Hornet, if I'm really lucky.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Have you been ill, Olly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Green Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I never click any paypal links, If I want to use my PayPal account I type the address into the browser, that way I always know where I'm going. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Harrison Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 These Emails are part of an ongoing Scam regarding 'Closure of Accounts' etc. Most organisations do not send this kind of communication and do no ask for customers to log in in this way. No matter how many warnings are given out, about not responding, people still get taken in. You have to be extremely careful as there are so many hitting the system. RJH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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