Underworld

Ive had a few email from 'SUPPOSEDLY' paypal, asking to review my account etc... i even had one for Ebay, HSBC, etc....dont get caught!!!

whenever i am in doubt, I put a fake email and random pass and see if it logs me on
email reads as follows:

Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:

Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:

Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.

Reference Number: PP-259-187-991

This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.

Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.

Click here to activate your account



We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologise for any inconvenience..

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
Copyright © 1999-2008 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal Ltd. PayPal FSA Register Number: 226056.
PayPal Email ID PP059



the link gets u to the site listed below,, dsnt work anymore
http://ferit.ca/tikiwiki/whelp/update/paypal/

Snazy

The give away in a lot of these poor quality scams is "Dear Customer".

Second give away for me with banking is, my bank DONT email me. So ANY email from them is a spoof.

Finally, if I ever get an email saying I need to log into my account, I close the email and open the website seperately. NEVER click email links on emails regarding anything remotely financial.

Tiggs

Could this be made a sticky.....




for anyone that just arrived on earth?

PeteBrant

Simple rule. Never, ever click on a link sent via an email to log on an account for anything.

Always type in the URL yourself if you are going to log into an account.

Stephb1986

i get them all the time so i just log on to paypal through ebay

i get emails from abbey national ect asking about my account when i dont even have a account with them!

Steph xxx

gingerflyer

hope the £15 million I am getting from Nigeria is not a scam,

Graz

PMSL

RJMS

iTrader: (2)

Also a lot of the phishing emails will have personalised links so clicking on the links will report the fact that your email address has responded so you're likely to get even more in future

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

This has been made public for so long now, you almost deserved to get spanked if you actually click on one of these links.

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

If you fancy a laugh, do check out ScamBaiting at it's finest - Scam Baiting for Fun and Justice theScamBaiter.com

PaulC72

damn the link don't work i just wanted to change my personal details, but maybe one you you could do it for me i I posted them on here?...

Odds on

If anyone receives an email asking for personal details, can I offer my services to help.

If you forward all the relevent details to me (Including account numbers and passwords) I will sort it all out for you. You wont have to do a thing.

Miniman

iTrader: (2)

Personally I wouldn't even go to those site, regardless of whether I typed or just clicked the link. Just delete the emails.

There is always the possibility that the web side may be loaded with trojans or viruses and while you may say that your PC is using the latest greatest, there may be a day when an unknown exploit is used that the Virus firms do not know about (or your PC is simply out of date by a few days).

Whether or not the site is bad the spammers may be using some sort of trackers or loggers and may know your PC is trying to connect or may just know that their latest "campaign" has produced good results.

Simply delete the emails, don't encourage them.

Devildog

Whilst that is exceptionally funny, especially for you Mark , there are, sadly, many people who still fall for this stuff..

scoobz72

Very true there are lots that fall for them. I am still waiting for my 8.7 million Ugandan Dollars lol

If in doubt look at the headers of the email, it will tell you the source. As stated, ebay will address you by your username as do paypal.

Jamie

lol 8.7 million Ugandan Dollars = a pint of milk some bread and a dead cat!

Jeff Stryker