URGENT concerning...Paypal
By cjsmom
@cjsmom (1423)
United States
March 5, 2007 1:58pm CST
Many mylotters use Paypal as their online money processor; I do as well...
I just received an email that appears to have come from them but did not; it was fake...
You have to be very careful anytime you get an email from any processor you may use...
Here is the link that was sent to me in the email:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd= login-run
When clicked, it turns into:
http://diacheysn.com/.cgibin/update.htm
The best way to double check if it actually came from Paypal is to keep the fake url open and then open a new window with the true paypal address; compare the two and you'll know for sure...
Please, everyone, be on the lookout for this email and don't enter your information; it supposedly takes you right into your account without having to login...I've had similar emails sent to me before and I believe that it came from the same source.
When you receive an email like this, go to Paypal and click on the Security section; save the url's in fake email received and report it to them...
This is how our monies get stolen and our identities robbed; thought you'd all like to have this information.
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5 responses
@abhi333 (407)
• India
7 Mar 07
i've also got fake links in my past.
i'll advise u one thing.
if ever u login on a site through a link n then u find that it was a fake link, then first of all change ur password because many of these links act as key-loggers.
my yahoo password was once hacked n i had to solve many problems that aroused due to its misuse.
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@aretha (2538)
• United States
5 Mar 07
boy they are really getting around now adays. i not to long ago got an email from ebay wanting all my info. we did not give it and reported it to ebay.
did you let paypal know about it,if not you really should.
these people need to be stopped
thanks for the heads up
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@Wolfsbayne (314)
•
5 Mar 07
If you receive a fake paypal email you should forward it to them at spoof@paypal.com - they check it to make sure it is fake and can track it down and try to prevent it happening again. I think there is a spoof@ebay.co.uk or com address too, ive stopped getting spoof paypal emails now they all seem to be ebay instead.
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@paragtalking (250)
• Greece
18 Mar 07
Thanks CJMOM for your kind information i am new to paypal and didn't knew about this fraud emails






