Read me if you have paypal

[John 16:10]

Please be careful with your PayPal Accounts.  I recieved a very official looking e-mail addressed from paypal that was not the real deal.  This is a fast growing scam of people trying to access your accounts.  Looked Real but links went to a fake Paypal look alike page.  I sent it in to PayPal & they responded with the message at the bottom.

See Below:

Subject of message was:  <span style='color:deeppink'>Account Notice!!!

Unauthorized access to your PayPal account!

We recently noticed more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address.

If you accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you are the rightfull holder of the account, please visit Paypal as soon as possible to verify your identity:

Click here to verify your account


You can also verify your account by logging into your PayPal account at https://www.paypal.com/us/.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account.

We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated and we strongly recommend to verify your account in that time.

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team</span>

Reply from PayPal!!!!



<span style='color:red'>Dear 16:10

Thank you for contacting PayPal. We appreciate you bringing this
suspicious email to our attention.

Commonly referred to as phishing, these emails are sent by fraudsters
in
an attempt to collect sensitive personal or financial information from
the recipients. PayPal takes phishing threats seriously.  Our fraud
prevention specialists are working 24/7 to help protect you and enable
the community to stay safe.

After review, we can confirm that the email you received was not sent
by
PayPal. Any website which may be linked to this email is not authorized
or used by PayPal.

Our fraud prevention team is working to disable any website linked to
this email. In the meantime, please do not enter any information into
this website. If you have already done so, you should immediately log
into your PayPal account and change your password, as well as your
security questions and answers. We also recommend that you contact your
bank and credit card company immediately.

If you notice any unauthorized activity on your PayPal account, please
report it to us by following the instructions below:

1. Log in to your account only from the PayPal website.  Do not use
links provided in any email.

2. Click on the Security Center link at the bottom of the page.

3. Click on the 'Unauthorized Transaction' link under the Report a
Problem column.

4. Follow the instructions on this page in order to access the
appropriate form.

Lastly, we recommend taking a few steps to protect yourself from
identity theft:

> Download the SafetyBar, a toolbar for Outlook and Outlook Express,
which identifies known spoof emails.
> Get eBay Toolbar with Account Guard which warns you when you're on a
potentially fraudulent (spoof) Web site.
> Frequently monitor your account for suspicious activity.

For additional tips please visit the PayPal Security Center at
http://www.paypal.com/security.

Once again, thank you for reporting this suspicious email.  Your
vigilance helps us in our efforts to protect the PayPal community. If
you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us again.

Sincerely,

PayPal


Important: PayPal and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal
your password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone
claiming to work for PayPal asks for your password under any
circumstances, by email or by phone, please refuse and immediately
contact us via our secure webform online.</span>

Just a warning SCAMMERS ARE TRYING TO GET YOUR $$$$$



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[BA BUSA]

thanks

 

[DAZZ]

Tanks john...

 

[jmaz268]

yep I am always receiving emails like that.....


AND MOLLY HATCHET ROCKS

 

[06BUSA]

There was another email that states a payment has been made. And that if you have not authorized payment, that you must click link to report unauthorized access. [/b]Do not click link. I also sent to paypal and basiclly gat the same response. Just clicking those links may be your worst nightmare.
Hate these F-ers

 

[Turbo-Torch]

Been getting those for years.

There's another one I found out about yesterday. I tried filing a complaint about a seller and paypals site would freeze after it went searching for the shipping info. Thought I'd get a quick phone number by searching google as paypal doesn't make it easy on their site.
Turns out people plant fake paypal phone numbers all over the net. You call, guy answers as a paypal rep and takes all your personal info. Best to just dig it out of paypals official site.

I could care less about an ebay account getting hijacked or even my credit cards being used as I'm protected with those. Paypal makes me nervous as it's linked to my checking account. I'm going to open another checking account just for paypal and keep only a small amount of funds in it.

 

[stkr00]

Yep...we got burned by that... "ONCE!"

Thanks for the heads up

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Yep, just forward it to spoof@paypal.com and then delete it and NEVER click on any links in the email. BTW, when paypal sends something to you they'll use your actual name, not "Dear paypal member".

 

[adrenaline junkey]

thanks for the heads up

 

[BUTTER2BOY]

thanks for the heads up

+1

 

[chrisjp]

seen them...ignored them lol

 

[ozz]

Thankyou

 

[Fugly]

Yep, just forward it to spoof@paypal.com and then delete it and NEVER click on any links in the email.  BTW, when paypal sends something to you they'll use your actual name, not "Dear paypal member".

+1

 

[FastBusa]

First NEVER send your information to anyone that ou did not initiate contact with. Its always a scam! Paypal knows your password, and so does anyone that has set you up, they will never ask for it again.
Second thanks for letting everyone know, but everyone, send these scam letters to paypal. They have a scam dept. to sent it too. I got a couple of these and sent them to Paypal. With in a few days Paypal sent me a note thanking me and conferming they were now closed down (the scamer). But as we all know they just pop up again and again.

 

[hydrabusa]

always call to verify to customer dep. do not respond to their email right away...thats what they are looking for...

 

[05BusaLe]

I always respond to them:
First name: A$$
Last name: Hole
SS#: 012-34-5678
Credit card # 1234567890
Screen name: Stillanasshole
Pass word: Gof**kyourself

Fill them all out like that and make them waste their time!
L8r
David

 

[cmc8]

thanks for the heads up