Paypal Warning

I wake up and there is an e-mail that I need to update my paypal information. I click on the link because it doesn't seem odd. My Firefox gave me a warning and after closer look the e-mail came from a gmail account.

BEWARE!!!!

 

I know this isn't exactly the right area but I'm posting this twice because there are so many people that read the Google area.

I wake up and there is an e-mail that I need to update my paypal information. I click on the link because it doesn't seem odd. My Firefox gave me a warning and after closer look the e-mail came from a gmail account.

BEWARE!!!!

 

Its a spoof, happens all the time, always write in paypal .com yourself, if the upgrade exsists it will ask you to upgrade when you loggin

 

Paypal never send emails asking you to update, so if you receive one it is always a phishing email.

 

PayPal scam emails are nothing new - most people here know about them already. Fake PayPal emails often have a generic greeting ('Dear PayPal User' or similar) and implied sense of urgency - if in any doubt forward the entire email to for authentication.

 

As I replied in your other thread, these are very widespread. I've heard estimates that at least 50% of all spam targets eBay/PayPal customers. Fake PayPal emails usually have a false sense of urgency - 'act within the next 48 hours to prevent your account being frozen' or similar - PayPal would never genuinely do that. Gmail is usually very good at filtering these.

 

thanks for the info but so far i never had one

 

I can't believe that people fall for these. It doesn't matter how many times your bank, or Paypal tell you not to click on these emails people obviously still do otherwise they wouldn't be sending them out.

 

Never click on the email links, better option just go to paypal site and log in and see there are any warnings or not.

Also you can verify the email viewing its source code, usually there will be a different url that is being masked to look like paypal email address.

 

For a second I thought the Big G was after paypal users Should have posted in payment processing section..

ARonald

 

yeah me too
this is normal thing to any payment processors even in egold and moneybookers i got many emails form them
so nothing new to this

 

It's called phishing and is very widespread. Most email browser, web browsers and free mails (yahoo and hotmail) should have warnings about these types of emails.

If you have frequent DP i would have thought you been aware of these types of scams..

 

never click any link in any email whether it is to Paypal, another bank, etc., they are all phishing scams.

 

there were so many phishing e-mails from paypal these days.i also once received the paypal scam e-mail.Thank God I know it!

 

Hi,
I want to give you one important point,
All original paypal emails are come with Dear.. "your name" .
but all duplicate (fake) paypal emails are come with just Dear Paypal customer instead of your paypal user name so you can easily identify the fake emails, beware with those emails they are like poison...

 

Which information were you asked to update? password? bank account?

 

I'd know I'm pretty good at spotting this type of stuff...but I have to admit a fake paypal email almost got me once.

These emails "look" as if they came right from paypal. They use paypal logos. They have paypal looking emails. Etc.

The recommended procedure from Paypal is to log into your account. There is a "messages" section (or whatever it's called), and all email paypal has sent you is listed there. So, NEVER respond to paypal emails...use their message center if in doubt

 

Don't opened link from paypal..
Because many thief use fake link to steal your password.

 

A warez site Im currently working at just released a very pretty looking Paypal phishing page. So you should always check the links carefully.