!! Warning !! Paypal E-mail Scam!

[vlad230]

Hello!

Guess what e-mail I've received today :D A paypal scam e-mail :p

Looks like a certain 'Mary Boxwell' has sent me $250... I would have fallen for this because I'm actually expecting some money but, luckily I check my account by typing the address directly into the browser and never click the link from the e-mail :D

When I checked my account I saw that there wasn't any incoming payment so, I deduced that this was a BIG SCAM :p

The "Click here to accept payment" directs to paypal-secured.blogspot.com so, the scam was obvious.
If you want to see what's on that page remember: DO NOT TYPE IN YOUR E-MAIL AND PASS!!!

So, if you ever receive an e-mail from "Mary Boxwell" don't fall for it.

BTW... Could someone report this website to blogspot.com ? I simply don't have the time...

Here's a attachment with a screen shot from my gmail account:

[dynashox]

Thank you for sharing this. The most important thing to remember is, never ever click a paypal link in your email. Type it manually on the address bar.

[melaka]

hurm...i got this email this morning.
Lucky I did not type in my email address and password.

It's a phishing site

[kewlchat]

This paypal phishing scams are common good for letting us know thanks alot for the reminder, because some time we all forget and just click :)

[Stax_Daniel]

BTW... Could someone report this website to blogspot.com ? I simply don't have the time...


you have the time to post here..but not the time to actually do everyone a real favor and report it to get the site shut down?...you might want to check your priorities on that ;)...

[wisdomtool]

Just forward this to spoof@paypal.com and you will see that it disappears the very next day.

[xXKingdom_SEOXx]

In case you didn’t realize it, spoofed emails are sent out daily. eMail is unsafe if any email can be spoofed, I have some tools for experimental use that spoofs emails, I can send out emails appearing from anywhere, and guess what, it works :O! I really don’t trust emails that much, anymore. There are advanced measurements that can detect spoofed emails, but the average internet citizen doesn’t know about these things.

[NaIdz]

what a scammer.tnx for sharing.:)

[Dave Anderson]

Thanks for the info - a friend mentioned this to me too...

[wragge11]

Thanks for sharing!

[ct2k7]

Who would login on such a fake looking site?
I mean, using http://www.emailmeform.com/fid.php?formid=61290 is quite obvious...

[gunners]

always look for (https) in the address bar before you type the user name you will not get scammed ever

[Stax_Daniel]

always look for (https) in the address bar before you type the user name you will not get scammed ever

you should know what you are talking about before you give someone shitty advice like that...

just because a site has https doesn't mean it's a safe site...you can get SSL for $15, or less if it's applied to a shared server ;)...https is NOT always safe...

all https means is the data transfered via the site is encrypted...doesn't mean it's being used for a good purpose...

[Pervert-For-Life]

Hello!

Guess what e-mail I've received today :D A paypal scam e-mail :p

Looks like a certain 'Mary Boxwell' has sent me $250... I would have fallen for this because I'm actually expecting some money but, luckily I check my account by typing the address directly into the browser and never click the link from the e-mail :D

When I checked my account I saw that there wasn't any incoming payment so, I deduced that this was a BIG SCAM :p

The "Click here to accept payment" directs to paypal-secured.blogspot.com so, the scam was obvious.
If you want to see what's on that page remember: DO NOT TYPE IN YOUR E-MAIL AND PASS!!!

So, if you ever receive an e-mail from "Mary Boxwell" don't fall for it.

BTW... Could someone report this website to blogspot.com ? I simply don't have the time...

Here's a attachment with a screen shot from my gmail account:

looks like this is your first email.... anyway i get these types of fake phishing emails everyday... so its old story for me....

[vlad230]

you have the time to post here..but not the time to actually do everyone a real favor and report it to get the site shut down?...you might want to check your priorities on that ;)...

So, I give you all a heads up on some scammers and this is the "thanks" I get? :mad:
Some people are just worthless....

Did you ever think that I really didn't had the time?
Let's say I reported it instead of warning my friends here @ DP... How fast do you think the e-mail sent by me will be read and then actions taken against that website? Well...I'll tell you there might be weeks or months until that website will be deleted. In the mean time there might be some people from DP who get scammed....

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK DIDN'T I HAVE MY PRIORITIES IN ORDER? :mad:

[Stax_Daniel]

So, I give you all a heads up on some scammers and this is the "thanks" I get?
Some people are just worthless....

Did you ever think that I really didn't had the time?
Let's say I reported it instead of warning my friends here @ DP... How fast do you think the e-mail sent by me will be read and then actions taken against that website? Well...I'll tell you there might be weeks or months until that website will be deleted. In the mean time there might be some people from DP who get scammed....

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK DIDN'T I HAVE MY PRIORITIES IN ORDER? :mad:

paypal usually has sites like that shut down in 24-48 hours ;)...not weeks or months...

and if you have time to post a post on a forum...you have time to simply forward an email to another email address ;)

yes, thanks for warning everyone...but imho, warning paypal would have been a better use of your time ;)..i'm sure the millions of people that probably got that email don't all check DP...

[Stonkin]

So, I give you all a heads up on some scammers and this is the "thanks" I get? :mad:
Some people are just worthless....

Did you ever think that I really didn't had the time?
Let's say I reported it instead of warning my friends here @ DP... How fast do you think the e-mail sent by me will be read and then actions taken against that website? Well...I'll tell you there might be weeks or months until that website will be deleted. In the mean time there might be some people from DP who get scammed....

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK DIDN'T I HAVE MY PRIORITIES IN ORDER? :mad:

Respect to you Vlad for taking the time to warn people.

I received the very same scam today, this is the first time I have received a scam email such as this and I've been online for 6 years, but as soon as I saw it I knew what it was.

Some people will not know that it's a scam straight away, like I said respect for letting others know.

[Stonkin]

Sorry for double post, I already forwarded the site info to Paypal.

Also, if anyone types "Mary Boxwell PayPal" into Google they'll find this thread.

[LucioDiasRibeiro]

Thanks Vlad, rep added/
Lucio

[hamadasalam]

BTW i got a lot of msg like this but not responding

[ct2k7]

I had one from JPMorgan once, and I was working on a project under them lol

[deluxdon]

It is always advisable to login your any financial and payment processing accounts by typing the address directly into the new browser to keep yourself safe from that phishing emails.

DON.

[digitalduke]

PayPal NEVER EVER sends email to its USERS saying DEAR PAYPAL users. It always sends with the Usen Names. Dear <user name>
So from the beginning its a SCAM. :D

Digital

[falcondriver]

paypal always addresses you with your real name, not with "Dear Paypal User"...

[kangaroobin]

stax don't be an jerk! u should have already talked blogspot if you're gonna complain that he hadn't on here...

Thanks guys for the heads up btw!

[july_20177]

Lot of thanks for sharing this valuable information.

[dailytechnotes]

for $250 I think i would have fallen for this trap :-(
Thanks for sharing

[aspire]

A lot of crap has been coming into the mailbox of late. Just need to keep yourself vigilant.

[missdanni]

paypal-secured.blogspot.com has been removed.