How your PayPal password is retrieved !!

Discussion in 'PayPal' started by ishan, Dec 25, 2006.

  1. #1
    Here' a mail I got supposedly from PayPal

    The link really points to - http://217-133-229-50.b2b.tiscali.it/.www.paypal.com/index.htm

    The mail came from - PayPal Inc <mail@support.com>

    If you get a mail like this delete is asap.

    Regards
    Ishan
     
    ishan, Dec 25, 2006 IP
  2. indya

    indya Guest

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    Yes this email is not from paypal. Paypal never ask for password.I also used to get this type of email.
     
    indya, Dec 25, 2006 IP
  3. Napoleon

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    Firefox is the best browser. I really love the features they added in Firefox 2.0. It will save your password.
     
    Napoleon, Dec 25, 2006 IP
  4. Corey Bryant

    Corey Bryant Texan at Heart

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    This is called phishing. Verisign and Comodo have come out wiht an SSL cert to help prevent some of these measures on Internet Explorer 7.0
     
    Corey Bryant, Dec 25, 2006 IP
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    Richie_Ni Illustrious Member

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    I never read this kind of emails,anyway,thanks for your notice!
     
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    Never trust such emails. Only trust paypal.com or u will be scammed. There are a lot of scammers lurking around looking for prey :p :p :p
     
    aditya_sfs, Dec 25, 2006 IP
  7. Freewebspace

    Freewebspace Notable Member

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    even though you get these type of emails always type and www.paypal.com on your browser and change any thing do you want and also do not click on any links from a n email

    also change your DP email id as I have received some Emails frpm paypal scammers to an email I have displayed in my profile

    The real point is that I hae no paypal account in that email address
     
    Freewebspace, Dec 25, 2006 IP
  8. wmghori

    wmghori Well-Known Member

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    He is right, never ever follow any links in email from banks or paypal.
     
    wmghori, Dec 25, 2006 IP
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    wmghori Well-Known Member

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    He is right, never ever follow any links in email from banks or paypal.
     
    wmghori, Dec 25, 2006 IP
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    It is a classic phishing mail, never, never, never follow it or your Paypal access and your Paypal funds are in the "closet".
    See you soon.
     
    evirtualcard, Dec 25, 2006 IP
  11. smokey99

    smokey99 Well-Known Member

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    One dead give away its not from Paypal, is these type of phishing scams are usually addressed to "Dear Paypal Customer"
    Paypal always addresses you by your registered name.

    But as stated above, never click an email link to a bank or anything that required you enter personal data.
     
    smokey99, Dec 25, 2006 IP
  12. Corey Bryant

    Corey Bryant Texan at Heart

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    Paypal is not the only one - Chase, Bank of American, 53rd Bank, Key Bank, eBay, etc - are all victims of phishing. I almost fell for it once myself when I received something from Chase telling me I qualified for a $25 gift card. Fortunately I looked at the recipient and it was sent to my regular email address, not my Chase address

    There are people out there who do want to cheat you - always remember that. Maybe I am somewhat jaded - been on these forums for a long time and I have seen a lot. Just be careful with the links you click
     
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    Just another tiny note - when typing the PayPal address into your browser address bar, type https://www.paypal.com. Adding in the https:// there ensures that you are already using a secure connection and nothing can 'listen in' (well - other than a keylogger...).
     
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  14. MartynD

    MartynD Well-Known Member

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    send it to paypal staff...
     
    MartynD, Dec 26, 2006 IP
  15. crazyryan

    crazyryan Well-Known Member

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    - forward it there.

    My dad recently got an email like this but it was about how his account was suspended due to recent activity, luckily he came to me before opening it.. I'm pretty sure he woulda thought it was real.
     
    crazyryan, Dec 26, 2006 IP
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    No fear when firefox's here! :)

    [​IMG]
     
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  17. crazyryan

    crazyryan Well-Known Member

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    Haha, login with fake details and look how it asks for your credit card info LOL.
     
    crazyryan, Dec 26, 2006 IP