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[Kate]

Got this phishing email tonight so be careful!!!!

It takes you to a phoney site in order to collect your card details!

Dear Member,

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the

PayPal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue

regarding your account.

For your protection, we have limited access to your account until

additional security measures can be completed.

Please update and verify your information by checking the link below:

(if you can't open it just copy the link in your internet browser)





We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. We apologize for any inconvenience.


Sincerely,

Account Review Department



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Copyright © 1999-2008 All rights reserved.

PayPal (Europe) S.[ch1072] r.l. & Cie, S.C.A.

[JonArgraig]

It's old hat, but please please take the link out of your post before some one clicks it !

 

[Kate]

It's old hat, but please please take the link out of your post before some one clicks it !

 

So does everyone know about this?

[Vamps]

I get hundreds of emails from scammers, banks and lottery company's I now just link everything as spam but still they keep coming.

[JonArgraig]

it's been doing the rounds for years, but still worth a heads up.


but really - take the link out of the above post, theres no telling what the site is dropping with out even logging in

[Kate]

it's been doing the rounds for years, but still worth a heads up.


but really - take the link out of the above post, theres no telling what the site is dropping with out even logging in

OK it's done.

[Kate]

I've seen these emails a lot of times but they do seem to be getting more convincing.  The link on this one was www.paypal.com/....  rather than stating with an IP address.

I was talking to someone the other day who got scammed good and proper, hence this post.

[Nickbat]

Kate, the important thing to remember is that no organisation which holds sensitive information about you will start a message with "Dear Member".

They will ALWAYS use a real name or log-in name, known only to that organisation.  

[Kate]

Kate, the important thing to remember is that no organisation which holds sensitive information about you will start a message with "Dear Member".

They will ALWAYS use a real name or log-in name, known only to that organisation.  

Yes but the whole point of this thread was that not everyone knows that.

[Nickbat]

Kate, the important thing to remember is that no organisation which holds sensitive information about you will start a message with "Dear Member".

They will ALWAYS use a real name or log-in name, known only to that organisation.  

Yes but the whole point of this thread was that not everyone knows that.

True, but peeps reading this will be much the wiser now, Kate!

[Ken T]

This is a thing that bugs me. Recent discussion regarding the amount of info gathered by ISP's looks quite strong. SO WHY CAN'T THEY TRACK THE CROOKS PUTTING THIS CR*P OUT ON THE NET ?. This is obviously fraud etc, so why don't they stop it?.

I know some OAP's, etc who might benefit from internet access, being able to keep in touch with relatives. but I don't want to give them PC's. How do I tell them to ignore all emails re their bank, or the garbage re sex aids, or fake watches ?.

Until we stop all people misusing the net, it will remain a haven for crooks and fraudsters.

Ken



Ken  

[Kate]

Kate, the important thing to remember is that no organisation which holds sensitive information about you will start a message with "Dear Member".

They will ALWAYS use a real name or log-in name, known only to that organisation.  

Yes but the whole point of this thread was that not everyone knows that.

True, but peeps reading this will be much the wiser now, Kate!

Yes I couldn't bare the thought of our oofers getting scammed.

[Kate]

This is a thing that bugs me. Recent discussion regarding the amount of info gathered by ISP's looks quite strong. SO WHY CAN'T THEY TRACK THE CROOKS PUTTING THIS CR*P OUT ON THE NET ?. This is obviously fraud etc, so why don't they stop it?.

I know some OAP's, etc who might benefit from internet access, being able to keep in touch with relatives. but I don't want to give them PC's. How do I tell them to ignore all emails re their bank, or the garbage re sex aids, or fake watches ?.

Until we stop all people misusing the net, it will remain a haven for crooks and fraudsters.

Ken



Ken  

Yes why can't they stop it?  This paypal scam has been going for a long time.

[Plomien]

easy way if you aren't sure just go direct to the website via a link you have typed.
but in most cases its a phishing mail

[TheBoy]

Simple answer to these old phishing tricks - never click on email links.  Or if you must, hover over link, and email client should give you the real URL (though this can be made to look convincing), but this is not foolproof.


As a further warning to others never to click on a link, I had an absolute cracker of an email supposedly from Paypal - everything, and I mean everything, looked genuine.  I never click on Paypal links, so logged on manually, and it appears the email was spoof.  Paypal confirmed it was spoof.  But they could answer my questions on how the spammer got my Paypal real name, and how it came from Paypal's own mail servers (I run my own mail server so have those logs).