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Title: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: waspy on 09 June 2008, 20:23:45
Iv'e just had a bogus paypal email to my paypal logged email address. It heads "Dear Member" & apparently iv'e payed for a computer in US Dollers which will show in my paypal as "BUDDY COMPUTERS". It invites you to dispute this payment via a link in the email. They must think i'm stupid.
Shortly the email will be forwarded to paypal for their viewing.
BE AWARE
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 09 June 2008, 20:26:00
Paypal have allways said they will never email members direct, and so any problems should become displayed during logon.

As bad as Ebay is at times I believe they operate the same policy.
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Danny on 09 June 2008, 20:32:00
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Iv'e just had a bogus paypal email to my paypal logged email address. It heads "Dear Member" & apparently iv'e payed for a computer in US Dollers which will show in my paypal as "BUDDY COMPUTERS". It invites you to dispute this payment via a link in the email. They must think i'm stupid.
Shortly the email will be forwarded to paypal for their viewing.
BE AWARE

had the same mail for a digital camera years ago, the paypal login page is fake, its a phishing scam that keylogs your details

if you go on the dodgy link and type in any billy-bull**** password it still directs you to the apparent correct page "if page doesnt load in 5 seconds..."
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: HolyCount on 09 June 2008, 20:41:46
I never respond to these, from Paypal or Ebay --- if there is a chance it is genuine I log into my accounts directly ( not through any provided links) -- any genuine messages will be accessible that way.
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Entwood on 09 June 2008, 22:45:18
DON'T respond to these .. but DO forward to spoof@paypal.com then simply delete.

Paypal do actually take steps to close down/block as many of these phishing sites as they can .. but if they are not told about them they can't....   :(
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: amigov6 on 09 June 2008, 23:11:33
I never seem to to get any of these scam things, pop ups, dodgy p***s enlargement/viagra etc (given all that old caper up now anyway), Is this down to ntl netguard? Comes free + i've got one or two other protecting programme thingies installed & running by computer literate friends who pop round & "clean em out" for me every so often.
   I do refresh my paypal after 5 secs as instructed & despite being a computer numpty Am not gullible enough to fall for such scams. :)
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: miggy on 09 June 2008, 23:13:26
 :y :y :y :y Thanks for the warning
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Plomien on 09 June 2008, 23:14:12
if you aren't sure just go to your own paypal link you type in that way you are covered.
then forward the email to them
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Ken T on 09 June 2008, 23:27:40
I got one from the Inland Revenue today telling me I was entitled to a GBP94.74 refund, and would I just go the following website and enter my details. Yea Right. I know its wrong cause I actually owe them a small bit !.

Can nobody stop these ?. Can't the amazing banks with all their amazing (crap) computer systems track where the money goes to in these scams and stop that bank from trading ?. Cause if they can't/won't, they are liable and hence they should pay the bills. We are paying (a Lot) for a secure banking system, we should have one. Any internet scams should be stopped by them, its their online system we are using, if it doesn't work its their fault. Or have I not  read the terms and conditions properly. :-X

Ken
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: amigov6 on 10 June 2008, 00:18:55
You'd think so wouldn't you? They can when it's in their favour,system works quick enough then. I've remembered a DD going out next day, realized the balance is say £30 short, put £50 & a paying in slip through the letterbox & my branch the night before only to incur charges the next day. On phoning to enquire (on an 0845 no, full charge on my mobile, no landline so more expense) was told all payments go out before incoming payments are processed. No surprise there then. That's ok, next BIG cash injection (inheritance) i'll sit on the cheque & decide carefully where to deposit it. I was naive with the last one.
     Nutwaste bunk wo'nt see a penny of it. Once bitten..... ::)
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Martin_1962 on 10 June 2008, 00:32:42
I poison them!

use made up data!
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: waspy on 10 June 2008, 06:30:29
I tried in vain to forward the email last night to both paypal & ebay, but the mesaage i get is "Message cannot be sent, please check your address details are correct". So im wondering if they have a safe guard of sorts so you can't forward the email & so their scam runs a little longer. If anyone has any ideas as to what i could try, please let me know.
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Plomien on 10 June 2008, 07:23:06
don't forward it send it as an attachment
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Debs. on 10 June 2008, 07:24:26
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I never seem to to get any of these scam things, pop ups, dodgy p***s enlargement/viagra etc (given all that old caper up now anyway), Is this down to ntl netguard? Comes free + i've got one or two other protecting programme thingies installed & running by computer literate friends who pop round & "clean em out" for me every so often.
   I do refresh my paypal after 5 secs as instructed & despite being a computer numpty Am not gullible enough to fall for such scams. :)

 ;) They obvioiusly know it`s not required! ;D
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Dave-C on 10 June 2008, 09:02:34
I had a similar e-mail. It states that there has been another e-mail address added to my PayPay account...  click here to re-enter your details......  silly twohats do they really think were stupid????
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: jereboam on 10 June 2008, 09:17:10
My wife had a genuine e-mail from Amazon saying they had detected a fraudulent transaction on her account, and she should expect an item for £400 to appear on her bank statement.  She immediately contacted the bank, cancelled her switch card and took every precaution we could think by way of damage limitation.

We thought this was very helpful of Amazon, and when the debit eventually came through, we contacted them to say "OK, now please give us the money back".  They wouldn't.  They said we should argue it out with the bank, which we did.  The bank gave us the money, then changed their mind and took it away again.  We shouted some more, and eventually got the money back from the bank.  Whether they ever managed to recover it from Amazon, I have no idea.  

And I've still got no idea how Amazon could let someone use my wife's account to change the e-mail and delivery addresses then order £400 worth of goods.  As far as I can see, the only thing my wife did wrong was to select a fairly weak password, but that doesn't explain how the fraudster actually got hold of the account details.

But I'm annoyed with Amazon about telling us they'd detected fraud, and then refusing to compensate us.  Don't shop there any more >:(
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Kevin Wood on 10 June 2008, 10:04:18
I hate these retailers who decide they're going to store your credit card details, etc. in case you can't be @rsed to type it in next time you order something (of course you're going to shop there again).

Last time I ordered something from them they sent it to my old address despite me having typed in our new address when ordering. So, they validate the credit card transaction against one address and deliver it to another.  >:(

Had to go round and see the new owner of the house (with whom I was hoping not to cross paths again, TBH) and retrieve my books.

I really think credit cards should tighten up their act a little but they're obviously milking so much 29.9% APR interest from their punters that stumping up for a few fraudulent transactions is of no consequence.

Kevin
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: mkaminski100 on 10 June 2008, 12:49:18
I am recenty getting ca 8-10 e-mails a day from "GreenTree Warehousing" They have real web site (changind address every few hours), with address, history, photos and history!! It's a fake and these  >:( are getting e-mail adresses from Monster and other job search sites.
Beware!
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: Vamps on 10 June 2008, 14:12:04
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I never seem to to get any of these scam things, pop ups, dodgy p***s enlargement/viagra etc (given all that old caper up now anyway), Is this down to ntl netguard? Comes free + i've got one or two other protecting programme thingies installed & running by computer literate friends who pop round & "clean em out" for me every so often.
   I do refresh my paypal after 5 secs as instructed & despite being a computer numpty Am not gullible enough to fall for such scams. :)

 ;) They obvioiusly know it`s not required! ;D

And I get 40 or 50 a day, into my spam, what does that say. :( :( :(
Title: Re: ****PAYPAL SCAM. BE AWARE***
Post by: waspy on 10 June 2008, 17:59:30
YES. I've just forwarded it to paypal  :y Thanx Plomien  :)