RON

I've had one which looks genuine, not opened it fully yet, but it's claiming that someone's paid me some money, but paypal isn't showing it on the account..... and i haven't sold anything.... nor am i expecting mopney from anyone...


Any thoughts.?????

Cheers...

topdog

send it to spoof@paypal.com, they'll check it out for you

mgcvk

If you are not expecting a payment its dodgy. They will want you to reply and give your account details most likely. I'm getting a lot of " Merchant bank transfer" e-mails at the moment and I certainly ain't got a merchant bank account.

RON

My mind says... 'dodgy', but my bank balance could (as ever) do with a boost.... but, i'm not even gonna open the mail.. just in case.....

Cheers.

RLE

iTrader: (2)

If its not showing on the overview of your paypal account when you log in I'd say something smells fishy.

geldy

I have the same - done pretty well - wondered if it could be real until I noticed it had been sent to a mail address at one of my dormant websites - so dormant I have never used it - not for paypay - not for anything.

Big Den

Being a buyer & seller on ebay & using paypal, I get regular dodgy emails claiming to be from ebay & paypal. Things like - please verify your account details - we need t oconfirm your login details - someone may have used your details, please confirm - etc.

As a previous post said forward [url to spoof@paypal.com /url] or [url spoof@ebay.co.uk /url]. Think the rule is that neither ebay or paypal will send mails asking for this type of information, they may block your account if there was a genuine problem & you would go through the correct process to resolve it. Similarily, paypal wouldn't tell you you had money, you would find this out by checking your account especially if you were expecting a transaction.

Den

geldy

You will also find that there is a couple of lines of random text hidden in the mail, using the white font on white background technique. You will never see this on a real email.

I have included the text from my mail below

Cooper contrariety rothschild woodlawn shout kingston educate mckay health colorimeter ironwood implosion toshiba cater caleb philology hepatica buzzard ephraim storyboard demijohn acculturate axon caterpillar dusenberg inflammatory piano couturier descant wolve cessation vacillate benz keyes curtis rubbish cricket triton longtime hitchcock

stunning eh!?

RON

Thanks guys, i guess it's a duffer then.....

In the bin it goes....

David Lock

Yeah I've had about 3. Usually small amounts - Fred has paid you £20 or whatever. Just hit delete. dl

yam got a scooby

If you get any mails claiming to be from Paypal or ebay or anything for that matter even your bank. Never sign into your account from the link on the email. Just log on as normal through Internet Explorer.

Dean

jasonius

iTrader: (1)

I've had this when I auctioned a number plate on ebay some guy claimed to be acting on my behalf tried to sell the plate out of auction for half of what I was asking ~£600 IIRC..!

Told Ebay and they did sweet FA about it so I told them what to do with their fee's...!

scoobyfuzzy

ive been getting them, genuine emails from ebay will show up on ur my messeges in ebay aswell, if they dont show up on my messeges in ebay, its a scam, ive had about 5 off them from ebay and paypal in the last week, ive also had a guy buy something off me, paid for it but never picked the stuff up, now hes no longer registered with ebsy, a bit dodgy that one aswell

Apparition

Same here, listed a mobile phone twice now only to discover that the buyer is de-registered. Have asked Ebay about my loss of listing fees...... to no avail, quell suprise !
Yve