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Old 23 May 2007, 12:49 PM
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just received the e-mail below from supposedly paypal but not adressed from paypal, and no paypal copyright stuff on it like they usually have.

any info please??

Dear tiss@ntlworld.com,


The password for xxxx@ntlworld.com PayPal account was changed on May 22, 2007.

If you did not authorize this change, please contact us immediately using the
phone number found on the following page:

https://www.paypal.com/us/

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team



Security Advisory:
For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review the
Security Tips in our Security Center.



Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will
not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click
the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

----------------------------------------------------------------

PayPal Email ID PP233


i put the x's in the e-mail add
Old 23 May 2007, 12:51 PM
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go to the paypal website, and there will be a link to click to report a security issue, prob email you back saying its a hoax, or may not, just got the site and follow the instructions
Old 23 May 2007, 12:52 PM
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p.s. go to www.paypal.com

do not use the link in the email
Old 23 May 2007, 01:16 PM
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100% a scam. Never use links in emails
Old 23 May 2007, 01:52 PM
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Ive had 2 of these aswel they must be doing the rounds again.
Old 23 May 2007, 02:00 PM
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Had similar, the website will looks fine but is a fraud.

Contact Paypal the normal way and report it, whatever you do, do not log ontro Paypal using the scam addy as they will then have all your info!
Old 23 May 2007, 02:58 PM
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you usually have to forward the email to paypal, you'll find the address on their website.

But as above don't use any of the links in the email. It'll be in html so you can view the source to see where they are trying to direct you to (thats if you're interested)
Old 23 May 2007, 03:07 PM
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cheers guys if you try the link now it doesn't work must have been sussed already
Old 23 May 2007, 03:15 PM
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SCAM
SCAM
SCAM

DELETE IT ASAP !!!!.

SPAM SCAM.
Old 23 May 2007, 03:17 PM
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The obvious answer is to type Paypal's genuine url in to your browser and try and log in. If the password has been changed you'll not get in to your account.

Last edited by badgersport; 23 May 2007 at 03:24 PM. Reason: stop auto linking you daft forum software
Old 23 May 2007, 03:38 PM
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forward the message to spoof@paypal.com they will reply telling you whether it has come from them or not, You can be pretty certain it is a scam though.
Old 23 May 2007, 03:39 PM
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Anything that ISN'T addressed to you directly, is a hoax, according to paypal.
Old 23 May 2007, 05:48 PM
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Get paypal to check it mate. Someone may have, or attempted to hijack your account.

It happened to my ebay account recently.
Old 23 May 2007, 06:09 PM
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simple way to check these paypal scams if they are not obvious to you is follow link and key in watever name and password comes into your head...

see if it goes to next page
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