Another Paypal phishing scam recently making the internet rounds.
I don't use Paypal, but ran across this link provided at another website. It seems to be within the past week, and it would be nice if you didn't have to be concerned about this, but you do...
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16050890
Re: Another Paypal phishing scam recently making the internet rounds.
When people finally learn not to click on links in emails, the scams will stop succeeding. Always type the address in yourself (paypal.com, ebay.com). Any important information will be on your main screen when you sign in.
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What Rhi said!
When will people realize that legitimate businesses don't ask you to verify information?
What stands out about this one is PayPal's security failure.
In order to display your PayPal info, the phishers needed access to PayPal's database, which they got!
Of all the organizations out there who depend on their security being up to par, I expected PayPal to be on top of it. Silly me :-[
Re: Another Paypal phishing scam recently making the internet rounds.
My wife fell for one just like this about a month ago.
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Yeah, I got a message about a transaction made with my account and was asked to confirm said transaction but I opened Mapquest and checked the address the merchandise supposedly was sent to and it doesn't exist. Anyways my account is permanently locked and cannot use it.
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If emails from 'PayPal' or 'eBay' do NOt have your registered name in the Greeting, the mail is BOGUS. Also let your mouse Hover over the link a second or two so you see the real link address. Even then, a phisher can use an address that just looks like a PayPal or eBay (such as searching.ebay.com/....) server and it is Bogus too. (There is no searching.ebay server.) Go to the genuine site and look for messages to you about your account.
A lot of follow-up ebay transactions (scams) are purposefully misdirected to catch the unwary. The real eBay doesn't send misdirected follow-ups. How could it? Just look.
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DO NOT answer anything from Paypal or Ebay, even if you believe it be true! All you have to do is go to your Paypal or Ebay account to see if anything has changed and then report is to Paypal or Ebay if it isn't from them.
I just don't answer emails from businesses anymore..
And if anything asks for any info about you, it's not real.