all mylot members be care full with spam paypal message- you much read this?
By kai9999
@kai9999 (1700)
India
December 3, 2010 9:10am CST
warning to all mylot members, if you recive a mail from paypal asking for information please don't give your information.
if you receive contact paypal first, as per paypal they won't ask information sending mails, if necessary they would ask when you log in your account.
message is as follows
"PayPal
Service PayPal - Please validate your Personal Information
Hello
As part of our security measures, we check the PayPal screen activity.
We request information from you for the following reason:
Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.
This is the final reminder to log in to PayPal as possible tet. Once you log
PayPal will provide measures to restore access to your account.
Once connected, follow the steps to activate your account
We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account security.
The procedure is very simple:
1. Click on the link below to open a window browsing.
2. Confirm that you are the owner of the account and follow the instructions.
Access Your Account
Help | Space Security
Please do not reply to this email. The messages received at this address are not read and do not receive any response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link in the upper right corner of any PayPal page.
To receive email notifications in plain text and not HTML, set your preferences up to date.
Copyright © 1999-2009 PayPal. All rights reserved.
PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. & Co., S.C.A.
Company Limited by Shares
Head office: 5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg
RCS Luxembourg B 118 349
No. PP315 PayPal Email"
i don't know were this credit card came to action, i haven't even linked by credit details with paypal...........so all be careful with this scam message which is actually not send by paypal.i don't know whether the gmail inbuilt would detect it scam or not.
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23 responses
@RamRes (1723)
• Argentina
4 Dec 10
Thanks for the info. I still not received it, but it may happen at any time, and with any site. This is fake, plain and simple, it expects to collect PayPal data and steal our accounts. I can't remember how many times I've seen similar messages from many sites (banks, PayPal, Facebook, etc) to just steal data.
But people still falls into the trap, so the warn is much welcome.
I think our main defense against this is our common sense. No serious site will ever ask you to login and put personal info, it's logic only. They have your phone, they'll call you if they REALLY have to, which is very unlikely. But unfortunately, we are more stupid than the scammers and still fall into the trap.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
3 Dec 10
I was not aware of this happening, so I appreciate the information. I suppose I would be leary though if I receive it as I have had my account for a while now and there would be no reason to re-verify.
But good to know as perhaps one day I would be going to fast and not put my thinking cap and be tramped with this. Thanks
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@craigy123456789 (1759)
•
4 Dec 10
i get these emails often but luckily i have the sense not to act on it. I am sure though that there are many people who have given the details and it would cause so much trouble and heartache for them. Why do people need to send emails like this to gain money? It is awful and i would wish that they were being tracked and caught and sentenced to a lengthy prison sentance as that is what they deserve.
@sanjay91422 (2725)
• India
3 Dec 10
I never got the message but thank you for alerting me. I do not have much money in paypal but in future there can be. I think it is a good work done by you to alert all the mylotters. Have a nice day ahead.
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@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
30 Oct 11
I get at least one or two of these emails a year. I never open anything like this and I have forwarded one or two of them to paypal in the past and they said to just ignore them as they would always use my name in any emails they might send me.
If you notice when you get these spam emails they never have your name. That's because they don't know your name because they aren't legit. Makes sense. When I get these emails now I just send them straight to my spam mail and then delete them as I don't even want it on my computer at all because they are trying to get my information so they can access my paypal account.
Cheers and Happy Mylotting my friend,
Chris 
@johnnykay (1056)
• Hungary
3 Dec 10
I received this email, but in french language! LOL
So it was very suspicious, I already deleted it and came here to post a discussion about that, but you did so I don't have to! I just hope that noone will got scammed by this email and everybody deletes it as soon as they can!
Have a nice day! 
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@diamania (7011)
• Netherlands
3 Dec 10
Nothing personal but I don't understand why people fall for fake emails from websites. No website will ever ask you for your password/username or any other personal information via email!
Also, always check the URL of the link within the EMAIL and check if it's the correct one. If not, just ignore the email.
Yet a lot of people still fall for this stuff. Urghhh! 
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
3 Dec 10
Thanks for this information,this is really informative since most mylotters had paypal account.
I am also receiving some emails from paypal,but i don't entertain since it's all about shop online with discount and i am not interested with it.
But this kind of email is really disturbing,paypal should investigate this matter.
Have a great weekend
@harry89 (2330)
• India
3 Dec 10
Well, first of all thanks for this kind information. And i am very aware of these kind of spam mails so i never share such information on e-mails. But if i receive such e-mail then then i will inform paypal so that they could get to the root of this problem. I hope they resolve this spam problem soon so that no one could play with our security. Happy mylotting. Regards, harry.
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@Seycheladi (15)
• Seychelles
13 Dec 10
Thanks for the info. Its very informative. Next time i see those emails i will just delete it.
Thanks kai9999
@sarojparag21 (91)
• India
5 Dec 10
Thanks for telling about the fake mail. I used to do their transactions.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Dec 10
yes paypal occasionally sends out warnings telling us not to open these pishing scam emails supposedly from PayPal.Np legitimate site will sned you such an email so do not ever never under any circumstances open them and give them your personal ID. that's what they want a way to get your money by getting your ids. do not do anything but deletes thes false emails.
.Np legitimate site will sned you such an email so do not ever never under any circumstances open them and give them your personal ID. that's what they want a way to get your money by getting your ids. do not do anything but deletes thes false emails. @alottodo (3056)
• Australia
5 Dec 10
I get those kind of messages quite often but never open them, I just check my paypal acc. every now and then.
@mysticmaggie (2498)
• United States
4 Dec 10
If I get any messages from PayPal that I think are important or fakes, I go through a fresh screen into my account to see if there are messages there. If there aren't, I've protected my account.
@chelseabelle (197)
• United States
4 Dec 10
Thanks so much for posting this. If I end up recieving this I will be sure to just delete it :)
@zenkey23 (416)
• Philippines
4 Dec 10
as for now. i dont get that kind of messages from paypal. and wish not to get thatY_Y
thnx for posting this because this will also be a guide for those people who are new in PAYPAL.:)
