Anyone also asked by PayPal to change their password?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52133)
Staten Island, New York
May 11, 2019 1:14pm CST
A few days ago I got an email from PayPal telling me "We recently discovered your email address and password may have been compromised on another website. While this incident wasn't related to PayPal, we’re taking every precaution to make sure your account stays secure. You’ll need to reset your password to access your PayPal account."
I know it's from PayPal because I looked at the sender's email.
I had no intention of changing my password but now have no choice. Argh! And now I probably have to come up with one I don't use anywhere else.
I know it's safer and better to do to have a unique password for each online account but how can a person remember all the online passwords?
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11 responses
@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 19
I did not delete that email yet but to change password of course I will try to login directly. There wasn't even a link to change the password in that email anyway.
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@LadyDuck (502320)
• Italy
14 May 19
@lovebuglena Anyway, do not use the link on the email to be safe. Log in as usual and change from your profile.
@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
16 May 19
@LadyDuck There was no link. Just instructions how to change password.
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@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 19
Email address is theirs. Scammers usually have a long email address and it's weird.
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@egdcltd (12059)
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12 May 19
@lovebuglena Yes, saving them on your computer isn't actually the best way. If someone gains access to your computer, they can gain access to your passwords.
@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
11 May 19
My hubby just saves his passwords when he logs into a site from Chrome on his laptop, so it remembers them but for some reason even though it would be on my own laptop I am still not comfortable saving my passwords that way.
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@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
20 May 19
@egdcltd True. Neither is saving them on your smart phone. And writing them down on a piece of paper is not good because if you lose that paper you are screwed.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
12 May 19
I think this is a scam. I got that too and I just deleted it.
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 May 19
@lovebuglena As long as you go to the genuine site then I guess there is no problem.
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@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 19
Can't be as the email address is paypal's not some weird long email address that's usually present when it's a scam. I've gotten a similar email from another site I am on. I bet when I try to login to paypal directly they will have me change the password.
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@LindaOHio (222310)
• United States
11 May 19
I have an address book with all my passwords in it. Keeps them in alphabetical order and all in one place.
@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
11 May 19
Like a physical address book or on a computer?
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@LindaOHio (222310)
• United States
12 May 19
@lovebuglena A physical address book. Amazon under "a", etc. I keep it right next to my computer.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
12 May 19
The bright side is that through that fishy e-mail you got, you were reminded of changing your password. So, If were you I would thank that fishy mail, lol. When changing your Paypal password, do it through Paypal official website, not through that fishy link, just saying! In fact I will change my Paypal password too! Thanks for posting!
@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 19
I do think it's directly from PayPal and not some scammer.
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@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
20 May 19
@jvicentevalera The password change was successful.
@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
16 May 19
@lovebuglena Oh really? it is strange. Anyway try to change your password then, for more security!
@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
11 May 19
I never accept any such letters after I was scammed once for someone posing as my Bank. I lost a big amount of money.
@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
11 May 19
There are scammers that make things look or sound legit when it's really not. Gotta be careful.
@divalounger (6182)
• United States
11 May 19
I haven't gotten that email either--I routinely change my passwords--and I write them all down--good luck and don't respond to the email until you check with paypal directly
@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
11 May 19
service@paypal.com is definitely an email from paypal, so it has to be legit. I won't change my password though until mylot sends me my payment and I will have to transfer it to my bank.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
11 May 19
@lovebuglena probably a good idea!!!
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
11 May 19
Never ever change your PW through that link provided by the email if there is one. If you plan to change it simply go to the PayPal official site and change it there. I think you could also check once you are logged in to your account if they sent an email, if not change your password right away if you had entered it using a link on the mail. A PayPal email also addresses you with your full name and not something like " dear customer" or something. Just a friendly advice, a lot of people fall victim through phishing via email.
@Lolaze (5092)
• St. Louis, Missouri
12 May 19
I’ve gotten that too.
A while back, someone hacked PayPal. They are being cautious to kee people’s info safe.
@lovebuglena (52133)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 19
Seems if you use same email and password as a log in on more than once site and somehow it's been compromised all sites ask to reset password.
