Another Paypal Scam - Beware

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by LeoSeo, May 14, 2008.

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    I just received this, probably most of you wouldn't take this bait but just so some of the naives get familiar with this mail and understand it's a scam. I forwarded it to .

    Freakin idiot scammers.. Copyright Å <- LOL
     
    LeoSeo, May 14, 2008 IP
  2. matttiya88

    matttiya88 Well-Known Member

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    #2
    thanks for the info..:)
     
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  3. CountryBoy

    CountryBoy Prominent Member

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    #3
    These are very common.
    Be immediately suspicious of any email that starts with a generic greeting like "Dear PayPal customer".
    The real PayPal know your name and will always use it.
     
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  4. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    Yeap these are very common, there is even a Pay Pal lucky draw scam recently quite funny, the scammers are getting innovative. We may soon see Paypal phishing scams and Nigerian 419 scams merging :)

     
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    NahiaN Well-Known Member

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    #5
    I also received similar type of email few days ago :p
     
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    sheilasultani Peon

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    I get these a few times a week. One thing I have learned is to NEVER EVER go into paypal through any email. Even if I think something is really from paypal I still don't click on a link
     
    sheilasultani, May 14, 2008 IP
  7. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    The safest way is to type out http://www.paypal.com on the location bar, it would take a few seconds and guarantee that you are 100% safe from such phishing which are getting more and more realistic and cunning.

     
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    coderbari Well-Known Member

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    #8
    Smart :)
    Thanks for this great info.
     
    coderbari, May 14, 2008 IP
  9. farooqaaa

    farooqaaa Well-Known Member

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    100% right. I didn't knew that yet. I checked my paypal emails and all them have "Dear (name)"..

    Thanks
     
    farooqaaa, May 14, 2008 IP
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    cool_78 Guest

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    Thanks for the heads up. Never click a link in the email. If you are concerned about this. Log-in directly to your paypal account.
     
    cool_78, May 14, 2008 IP