1 Topic by Wooders (edited by Wooders 2013-04-08 15:19:38)

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Topic: Beware of spurious e-mail from "PayPal"

I've today received an e-mail purportedly from PayPal. On closer inspection the sender is "accounts@PayPaI.co.uk", note the capital I instead of an l and the embedded link is to a non-PayPal website. Be warned - you can't be too careful.

I have sent the following to PayPal and await their response. I've added an extra colon in the URLs to prevent the Forum BBCode producing a link and anyone accidently clicking on it.


"I have received an e-mail as follows:

"Your credit card information has been changed.

On April 08 , 2013, your credit card has been removed from your PayPal account.

You are receiving this email notification because this email address is listed as the administrative contact email for your PayPal account. If you belive this is an error, click the link below, log in to your PayPal account and follow the instructions.

https:://www.paypal.com

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.

Sincerely,
PayPal

----------------------------------------------------------------

PayPal Email ID PP328

I suspect this is a spoof as hovering the mouse over the URL in the e-mail shows a link to the website http:://textop.net/change/htm. I have not clicked the link."


I've now received PayPal's standard response to send the e-mail to spoof@paypal.co.uk and delete the offending spoof e-mail. Do the same if you get one.
Phil

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  • From: Newark, DE
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Re: Beware of spurious e-mail from "PayPal"

It's amazing the stuff people try. Clicking on the sender addy is always a good way to tell

Alan
  • From: Kansas City, MO USA
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Re: Beware of spurious e-mail from "PayPal"

bump827 wrote:

It's amazing the stuff people try. Clicking on the sender addy is always a good way to tell

Yes, it is. But I stopped being amazed by the stuff people try a long time ago...   wink

Terrance Shuman
Kansas City, MO
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Re: Beware of spurious e-mail from "PayPal"

The latest scam appears to one where someone calls claiming they know there is "something wrong with your PC" and I assume once you give them access will get every piece of personal info off it. I received TWO of those calls yesterday

Alan

5 Reply by bump827 (edited by bump827 2013-04-09 12:29:14)

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Re: Beware of spurious e-mail from "PayPal"

And what gets me is that many of these ruses and scams work. Even on those "tech savvy". My partners mother is 86 but uses a PC. If one of these people called her she would fall for it in an instant

Alan
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Re: Beware of spurious e-mail from "PayPal"

send that junk email/spam to: spoof@paypal.com

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually.........