Paypal Spoof e-mail
gluwater
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So has anyone else gotten one of these recently? I'm sure they are pretty common but I thought I'd give a heads up to anyone not familiar with them. An illegitimate e-mail is sent to you saying that someone is trying to access your account and they say to click on one of the links to verify you are the owner of the account. What you are really doing is being taken to a server that looks just like paypal and entering your user login and password, giving the thief access to your account. In this case the e-mail originated from an IP owned by a company in Sunnyvale CA and redirects you to mail.teleline.hu, not to paypal.
This is what the e-mail looks like:
Looks pretty legit doesn't it? No jumbled text or misspelled words like in most spoofs I get.
So if you get something like this do not click on the links and never input your username and password on a page you got to through an e-mail.
Just thought I would try to help out anyone that wasn't aware of this kind of thing since I know a lot of people on here use paypal.
This is what the e-mail looks like:
Looks pretty legit doesn't it? No jumbled text or misspelled words like in most spoofs I get.
So if you get something like this do not click on the links and never input your username and password on a page you got to through an e-mail.
Just thought I would try to help out anyone that wasn't aware of this kind of thing since I know a lot of people on here use paypal.
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Anything that starts out.. "Dear member" is fake.
Never access your accounts through a link on an e-mail. If there is a problem with your account, go to your normal login page to access your account.
My acct might have been compromised and shut down, but all it would take would be a word from me to start it again. No money has been taken out, I ignore all of that stuff.
Except my daughter's ID was stolen from her, she had money saved for a couple of trips the family had planned. It was in their checking acct. The bank absorbed anything that was lost, but actually I don't think they paid the "thief" anything. The problem was that my daughter and her husband could only take $100.00 on a trip with them, and it took some time on her part to straighten the situation out when she got back.
I did not think I knew anyone closely who had enough money to be a target.
ginger (we would be an easy target, thank goodness we ..............I am not going to complete that.)
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/email-security
They say the following (cut and pasted from that page):
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- Safe Log In: To log in to your PayPal account or access the PayPal website, open a new web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in the following: https://www.paypal.com
- Greeting: Emails from PayPal will address you by your first and last name or the business name associated with your PayPal account. Fraudulent emails often include the salutation "Dear PayPal User" or "Dear PayPal Member".
- Email Attachments: PayPal emails will never ask you to download an attachment or a software program. Attachments contained in fraudulent emails often contain viruses that may harm your computer or compromise your PayPal account.
- Request for Personal Information: If we require information from you, we will notify you in an email and request that you enter the information only after you have safely and securely logged in to your PayPal account.
If you think that you have received a fraudulent email (or fake website), please forward the email (or URL address) to spoof@paypal.com and then delete the email from your mailbox. Never click any links or attachments in a suspicious email.Often, fraudulent emails will request details such as your full name, account password, credit card number, bank account, PIN number, Social Security Number, or mother's maiden name.
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They also have a dowloadable eCommerce safety guide at :
https://www.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/PayPal_Safety.pdf
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If anyone has a name and phone number I would be happy to try and talk to a real person.
Sam
Like all of you, and 2 out of 3 people on the planet that have email, I get these PayPal spoofs all the time. My account has a bad reputation. My account is requiring an update. My account is non-functional. My account is out of date. My account agreement is nearing the termination date. My account needs to be moved, massaged, managed, mangled, etc.
Only one problem. I don't have a PayPal account. Never had one.
Gee, ya think it's a scam?
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