Paypal fraud alert! Email scam! Warning! do not lose your Mylot earnings!
By Debs_place
@Debs_place (10520)
United States
August 30, 2007 8:40am CST
I just received this email. It is obviously someone who wants my paypal account info, It does look like an official paypal communication, no nice logo, it does not use my name.
This is a fraud alert
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This email is to inform you about an issue regarding your account. We are requesting information from you for the following reason: Our system requires further account verification.
Log in to your account now: http://intsvr3.tangs.net/crm/database/.cgi-bin/www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr.php?cmd=_login-run
Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.
In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement, your account access will remain limited until the issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, if access to your account remains limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations or eventual account closure. We encourage you to log in to your PayPal account as soon as possible to help avoid this.
We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
This is a fraud. If you feel compelled to log on and check type paypal in your browser - NO NOT USE THE LINK
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9 responses
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
30 Aug 07
I've seen many discussions along this line yet
I have yet to get that type of email myself.
Lucky I suppose huh?
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Send this email to paypal itself. They love to get them and take care of this themselves. I make it a habit not to save sites like this in my faves. I always type in the address myself. I never use links from emails for situations such as ones dealing with money of any type. Send it to paypal administration asap.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@totty1969 (1468)
• United States
31 Aug 07
The only real way to know that it come from paypal is to look at the browser bar at the top of the page. Paypal always uses the "https", note the "s" at the end. This means secure, which the other fraudulant site cannot obtain. If at any time you think there is a question of it's validity, check for the secure, if it doesn't have the "s", report it to paypal. I have recieved at least 100 of these in the past few years. Paypal is always willing to go after these people for fraud.
@medstudents4 (826)
• India
31 Aug 07
hey when i tried to open that link my browser reported it as--
"Suspected Web Forgery(was written with a red signal)
this page has been reported as a web forgery designed to trick users into sharing personal or financial information.Entering any personal information on this page may result in identity theft or other fraud.
These types of web forgeries are used in scams known as phishing attacks,in which fraudulent web pages and emails are used to imitate sources you may trust.you can find out more about how Firefox protects you from phishing attacks."
O my God if we don't use protective defenses God knows what can happen and how harmful internet exposure can become..really..thank you very much Debs_place..although my browser will take care of such scams but thanks i will always read the paypal mail carefully and not just reply to it or respond to it by seeing 'paypal' written..thanks..good day..
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Paypal or Ebay will never ask for any personal information or identification, and will never ask you to log into your account through an email. This is basically called phishing...they are looking for information. If you receive one of these, such as above, you can send this back to Paypal at: spoof@paypal.com, and they will respond back to you......For Ebay it is spoof@ebay.com, and they too will respond back to you and let you know if it is real or fake.......I've done it quite a few times, they will contact you within a day or two to let you know what should or could be done.....take care.
