The scammers are getting intense!

[Kento-Moto]

I have had a bunch of scam spam lately claiming to be the IRS and I better send my banking info immediately ... and PayPal ones too looking real official, Beware!






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[Kento-Moto]

Oh and I dont even have a paypal acct on that email addy. Stinkin spyware probly...

 

[BiG-T]

I wonder how many folks they've gotten w/ that already.

 

[jwcfbd]

thanks for the heads up

 

[Gunnybusa]

Ok Im good now I just sent all my info along with my SSN birth date adresse and DNA swab.

 

[vman1300]

I get 15 to 20 of those a day on the work email addy....

 

[Sloto200]

I got one of those too, i also got one from ebay and yahoo as well... its been just recently too!

 

[BA BUSA]

I get those all the time

just hit DELETE

 

[Kento-Moto]

BASTIDS!

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Just before you delete the phony email, forward it too spoof@paypal.com

 

[Projekt]

If you look at the email properties it is some guy in Estonia... When you go to the website is www.paypal.jqyyfl something or other .com . The guy must have a bit of HTML knowledge or maybe a bootleg Hotmetal pro cd.. Funny thing is that after checking it all out and notifying Paypal security about it, I went to type Paypal into the address bar but it autocompleted to the other link. I typed in my password and hit enter then immediately realized what I did so I went to the real paypal next and changed my login. Then I cleared the history from IE and deleted all cookies and files.