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[Mr Skrunts]

I know most members are pretty savvy when it come to scammers but as membership is gtowing rapidly I thought it worth a mention.

usual layout but got past the spam filter.  Headed "we've made some important changes to our User Agreement"  then goes on to here's what you need to do.  Well I dint even bother looking and neither should any one else as it is a con to gain your info from someone that has reconstructed a similar paypal email address.


Golden rule with Paypal and they advise this when you sign up, they never send emails and advise that any information regards thier service will generally be given as you log in.  This is also the same for lots of banks and building societies.


Sorry if this was boring to some of you (STMO and Optimist spring to mind as the most likely to comment  ) but members are joining that are both the younger and older generation these days and lots are new to the internet. Plus scammers are getting smarter.  :-/

[Gaffers]

Anything to get the post count back up 

[x1xv45]

Thanks for pointing that out - it looks a very good fake, luckily I had ignored it like most email. You can get real paypal emails, receipts and such, but they should never have any attachments like this fake has - junk it, or if you want to be good, report it to paypal through your proper link.

[shyboy]

Don't apologise, Skruntie!
I've just ignored the same scam attempt, but must confess to almost opening it, only because I did a Paypal transaction yesterday and my initial reaction was that it could be related to that. It's very easy to drop your guard from time to time, and your message is totally appropriate.
Bill.

[Mr Skrunts]

Anything to get the post count back up 

Cheeky sod.   

[Mr Skrunts]

Thanks for pointing that out - it looks a very good fake, luckily I had ignored it like most email. You can get real paypal emails, receipts and such, but they should never have any attachments like this fake has - junk it, or if you want to be good, report it to paypal through your proper link.

Judging by the fact 2 of you have had the same email there will be 1000's more and the paypal inbox will have a few warnings in it.

Must admit it's been quite a while sine I saw a paypal scam, or maybe I dont notice them any more as they useually get filtered as spam.

[Nickbat]

I know most members are pretty savvy when it come to scammers but as membership is gtowing rapidly I thought it worth a mention.

usual layout but got past the spam filter.  Headed "we've made some important changes to our User Agreement"  then goes on to here's what you need to do.  Well I dint even bother looking and neither should any one else as it is a con to gain your info from someone that has reconstructed a similar paypal email address.


Golden rule with Paypal and they advise this when you sign up, they never send emails and advise that any information regards thier service will generally be given as you log in.  This is also the same for lots of banks and building societies.


Sorry if this was boring to some of you (STMO and Optimist spring to mind as the most likely to comment  ) but members are joining that are both the younger and older generation these days and lots are new to the internet. Plus scammers are getting smarter.  :-/

I've just received an email from PayPal with exactly the same header, no attachments and I'm sure it's genuine. For a start, it is addressed to me personally, secondly they have links at the bottom of the email to various departments, such as Help, Safety Advice and so on, which, when clicked, take you to the genuine site.

Also, since I keep nearly all my emails, a quick comparison with 18 previous PayPal emails (yes, they do send emails!) shows it to have a consistent header, i.e. it starts with your name followed by a comma then the subject text.

Don't think mine is a scam. If it had started "Dear PayPal user" I would have binned it straightaway.

[Nickbat]

Further to my previous post, I logged into my PayPal account (not via the email) and can confirm that the User Agreement is being updated , effective 1 November 2010.

  

[mantahatch]

For safety I have just changed my paypal password. It just so happens I received the said email as I was paying someone for an auction item so I thought I better be safe than sorry.

[Plomien]

Email I had this morning from Paypal is genuine, I checked the header trace and there is an update to T&Cs
Also its addressed to me rather than Dear Customer.
also the links given don't ask you to logon which tends to happen with scams

      Click here to read the Policy Update or type www.paypal.co.uk into a new browser window, go to ‘Legal Agreements’ at the bottom of the page and then click ‘Policy Update’.

but its always good to be careful and wary

unlike the 70 year old guy I spoke to the other day who was notified he was due for a payout from some CEO of a bank in Africa and he had all the papers they had emailed but for some reason needed to pay $4000 for an ATM card as they couldn't send it electronically

[Mr Skrunts]

Email I had this morning from Paypal is genuine, I checked the header trace and there is an update to T&Cs
Also its addressed to me rather than Dear Customer.
also the links given don't ask you to logon which tends to happen with scams

      Click here to read the Policy Update or type www.paypal.co.uk into a new browser window, go to ‘Legal Agreements’ at the bottom of the page and then click ‘Policy Update’.

but its always good to be careful and wary

unlike the 70 year old guy I spoke to the other day who was notified he was due for a payout from some CEO of a bank in Africa and he had all the papers they had emailed but for some reason needed to pay $4000 for an ATM card as they couldn't send it electronically

A lot of things come through to with my name on, sadly none have anything to with me.


Anyways, I did head this as "Possibele Paypal Scam"

sender is paypal@info.paypal.co.uk
reply to is reply2@info.paypal.com

Rather than

sender is paypal.info@paypal.co.uk
reply to is reply2.info@paypal.com

Would rather be safe than sorry.

[Chris_H]

Interesting.  I've just found it in my Trash bin and they have gone to some lengths to protect their logos from being linked from illegitimate pages.  Many from https://securepics.ebaystatic.com.

They also include a guide about recognising scams and phishing attempts: viz

How do I know this is not a Spoof email? Spoof or ‘phishingâ€
™
emails tend to have generic greetings such as "Dear PayPal
member". Emails from PayPal will always address you by your
first and last name. Find out more here: here (link updated by me).

[maria]

Maria Sweeney, your credit card is about to expire and this is from paypal so will this be from them?

[Sixstring]

Very probable................

Log into your Paypal account or ring Paypal customer services to check.

Mike.

[DaveL]

I have had a few Paypal messages over the last 2 weeks. Started with my correct name, said that my card registered with them is about to expire. Which was correct.  Gave the correct security code on the back of said card. I have not registered another card with them, as yet.

Is this really a scam??

DaveL