Be careful new Paypal Scam!!!!!!

Dear PayPal User,

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the
PayPal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue regarding
your account. Your account may have been accessed by an unauthorized
third party. We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card use
associated with this account.

As a precaution, we are requesting additional verification of your payment
and personal information in order to protect your PayPal account against
future unauthorized transactions.

Please follow the link below and complete the requested information. The
situation will be immediately reviewed by the fraud department and we will
remove any holds on this account.

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=updateprofile

Case ID Number: PP-361-117-408


Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department


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PayPal Email ID PP684


This was the email I had before an hour from someone....accounts@paypal.com

BE CAREFUL PAYPAL WILL NEVER ASK YOU DETAILS FROM YOUR ACCOUNT
SO DON'T OPEN THIS EMAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Panos

 

Dude not been funny but this is called pinishing and this as been around since the internet has been out. they an send from paypal.com but direct you to a diffrent site that looks alot like pp quite clever really but i always look at the full address bar before doing anything on a site

 

Thanks dude for warning and make aware before,now i will be carefull

 

Thanks, If anything comes from paypal unless its a payment from someone I usually just delete it.

 

I get at least one email per day about phishing with Paypal...

 

As a basic rule, never click on a link inside an unexpected email. Although PayPal has violated this unwritten rule in the past, a company should never ask a customer to log in to their account through an active link in an email.

 

I get emails like that one near hourly basis! The best rule of thumb is to log into your paypal account form another browser - DO NOT CLICK ON LINKS!

when will people learn this....?????

 

I dont think they will ever learn because these guys dont go though all of the trouble if there not making money (sucessfully scaming people)

 

thanks for warning us buddy , i will have to tell my bro as well !

cheers again !

 

Well i got that kind of mail but unfortunatly is legal (paypal sended it)

 

lol !
but your link pointed to paypal official website !!!
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=updateprofile

 

The fake paypal ones are very deceptive. It really does seem like it wast sent by them.

 

Thanks for the heads up, I also recieve these type of email everyday.

 

thanks for the warning i get these all the time unfortunately its really kind of sad they are so annoying

 

I get these type of emails even in my personnel mail box(non paypal id).

 

Same here. But I always ignore them.

 

This is new? I thought it was years old.

 

Haha I got this email too but I don't even have a Paypal account under the email it came to

 

Before three months I get into this phishing and lost my Credit Card.But with some DP members help I just block my CC.So NO money Loss

 

That was apparently Paypal really, the link which you put points directly to paypal and not to a phishing site. However, it is possible to spoof email address's but this looks as if it was really sent by PayPal.