PHISHING SCAM--READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!!

[shortbrim]

I received an official looking email from PAYPAL stating I had purchased something from ebay. Obviously, I had not purchased that particular item. The email stated that if the purchase was in error I could connect to a certain link where I was asked to LOG IN TO PAYPAL, which I did, then the new page asked for my address, phone number, credit card number, and Social Security number: Well, I logged in but something stopped me as I started to fill in the credit card info. and I looked at the address bar. No PAYPAL address!

BEFORE FILLING OUT ANY REQUEST FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT IT IS NOT A SCAM.....and if it is, report it to PAYPAL.:rage:

 

[mysterygal]

I think it was Nick Danger who started a similar thread as this one. Anything fishy..just delete it! Hopefully people have enough common sense not to give out that kind of information!

 

[Serial Hero]

I think, if you read the terms, it says pay pal will never send you an email asking for your password, or any personal information.

Since you did log in to that e-mail, I suggest you contact pay pal and change your account and pass word.

I get these kind e-mails at least once a day. I just delete them.

I have also received similar ones pretending to be eBay.

 

[Aaron Hats]

If you get an email from somebody you don't know consider it a scam. Never click on a link, even if it's a company you've done business with. That's the only way to truly safeguard your information.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Anytime you get an email supposedly from Ebay or PayPal, don't click on any link in the email. Go to either site directly and log on to your account. If the message is legitimate, a copy will be there. I will say this much - in all the years I've used both, I have NEVER received an email from them regarding my account. Those that I have received have been scams.

As Shortbrim points out, if you hover your cursor over a link in the email, you'll usually see that it's not a paypal.com address the link will take you to.

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

I think it was Nick Danger who started a similar thread as this one. Anything fishy..just delete it! Hopefully people have enough common sense not to give out that kind of information!

Yep, yep! I got something very similar. I forwarded it to paypal's fraud reporting link.

 

[Rosie]

Also, the address to report this is Spoof@ebay.com Since ebay owns PayPal, send this email to them. If you get something weird from ebay, you can use the same address to notify them.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

SHORTBRIM

CLOSE YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT ... or change your password. If ye haven't done so already that is.

The phishers now have your login details and will probably already have used your account ...

bk

 

[maisie]

Also on Paypal and when signing into ebay it should have 'https://' before the address and on the 'real' ebay it say this when loging in