VooDooPC April 15, 2006 Share VooDooPC Member April 15, 2006 Does this look like some scam to get my PayPal account info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie April 15, 2006 Share mookie GC Alumni April 15, 2006 Yes. It does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWarrior April 15, 2006 Share HWarrior Member April 15, 2006 Definite phising attempt. Paypal will never email you like that. Mouseover the url (don't click on it) and look in your status bar and you will see this is not from paypal. BTW, paypal has a phising department to report this too. Don't remember what is it exactly called but you can go to paypal directly by typing paypal.com in your browser and then check in customer service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC April 15, 2006 Author Share VooDooPC Member April 15, 2006 (edited) I figured as much. Seeing as I don't have a PayPal account. How can I tell the difference between a real PayPal email and a fake one? The term spoofing and phishing have been used to describe the act of collecting personal information using a fake email in order to commit identity theft, credit card, and Internet fraud. If you click on a link included in an email you're not sure is from PayPal, make sure the address at the top of the browser window you're brought to reads exactly www.paypal.com. PayPal emails will address you by first name, last name, or business name, and NOT by Dear PayPal User or Dear PayPal Member. If you are ever uncertain about the validity of the email or the email links, open a new web browser window and type in www.paypal.com. If you think you have received a fraudulent email, forward the entire email to spoof@paypal.com and then delete it from your email account. Ta-da! Edited April 15, 2006 by VooDooPC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Cool April 15, 2006 Share Mr.Cool Member April 15, 2006 (edited) I figured as much. Seeing as I don't have a PayPal account. lol you just pwned the email Edited April 15, 2006 by Mr.Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazz April 15, 2006 Share Shazz Member April 15, 2006 Yes it is a scam. I contacted PayPal about this same type of email I recieved and they sent me a email back saying that this was a Scam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC April 15, 2006 Author Share VooDooPC Member April 15, 2006 Do they just have an automated thing look at the e-mail when you forward it and spit this out? Thank you for writing to PayPal regarding the email message you receivedthat appeared to be from eBay. As you may have already suspected, this email was not sent by eBay. These emails, commonly referred to as spoofs, are sent by fraudulent sources posing as eBay in an attempt to collect sensitive financial information or passwords. Please know that PayPal and eBay is committed to the security of our sites and our members. We review every report we receive and forward all vital information on to the appropriate authorities for further action and tracking. We work actively and aggressively in partnership with many agencies, ISP's and law enforcement groups to support their investigation of these fraudulent entities. As a public company, we rely on the same agencies you do to pursue these fraudulent activities. You may also wish to contact your ISP or email service provider for further information or instructions. Now that you have received a spoofed email, your email address has been collected by a fraudulent source. As a result, you may continue to receive spoofed emails for some time as these groups move from ISP to web hosting sites setting up fraudulent email addresses, fake sites and sending spoofed emails. PayPal and eBay has enacted several preventative measures and increased information available on both sites help pages to help educate our members in spotting fake emails. In the future, we advise you to be very cautious of any email appearing to be from eBay or PayPal that asks you to submit financial information such as your credit card number or any type of password. As for eBay, they will NEVER ask you for certain financial information such as passwords, bank account or credit card numbers, Personal Identification Numbers (PINs), or Social Security numbers in an email. All sensitive information should be submitted on a secure page located on the eBay or PayPal site. If you have any doubt about whether an email message is from PayPal, please forward it immediately to spoof@paypal.com. For eBay spoofed emails, please forward those to spoof@ebay.com. Please do not respond to it or click on any of the links in the email message. Please do not change the subject line or edit the email in any way. If you have already entered sensitive information as mentioned above, you should take immediate action to protect your identity and online accounts. If you only clicked on a link inside of a spoofed email, you may also want to run a security scan on your computer. eBay has a help page with valuable information regarding the steps you should take to protect yourself. Below is a link to this page: http://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/index.html Once again, thank you for alerting us to the spoofed email you received. Your vigilance helps us ensure that PayPal and eBay remain a safe and vibrant online marketplace. Sincerely, PayPal Account Review Department PayPal, an eBay Company ******************************************* Important: eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal information (such as your password, credit card and bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, etc.) in an email. Learn more account protection tips at: http://www.pages.ebay.com/help/account_protection.html ____________________________________________ For the latest eBay announcements, please check: http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml _____________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily April 15, 2006 Share emily Member April 15, 2006 My dad got one of these and the translating from whatever non-American who was trying to fish was terrible, it was something like: "Dear Sir, We have found you account has been suspened due to account with diferent IP violation, please click following to reactive you account!" No joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme April 15, 2006 Share farmerisme Member April 15, 2006 Sad thing is that these things work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyG April 15, 2006 Share ArmyG Member April 15, 2006 I used to get those fake paypal things all the time. I think my filter blocks them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy April 16, 2006 Share Roy Member April 16, 2006 Did a quick test to make sure of it's validity: Besides the points put forward, the address that the e-mail links to is a fake address, and if you were to click on a link, it would obviously most probably bring you to, as PayPal said, a fake website. I hate this type of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazz April 16, 2006 Share Shazz Member April 16, 2006 I had a Yahoo Spoof once. It sent me to a Yahoo looking page with a spot to enter my ID and Password. If you look real close at the address on the top, you could tell it wasn't a real Yahoo page. Plus it wasn't secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny April 16, 2006 Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni April 16, 2006 my friend had a bank of america scam... and unfortunately fell for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty April 16, 2006 Share Fatty GC Founder April 16, 2006 Yep, just forward to spoof@paypal.com The emails I get back are usually similar, but also are not always the same. Probably something that looks for keywords, etc. However, I do try to help the cause by forwarding all of these to spoof. Someone should send me a simple email that says "Hey Fatty, gimme yer paypal login." and I'll forward it to spoof, and see what the reply is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage April 16, 2006 Share Guest zerodamage Guests April 16, 2006 I bet if you put your mouse over that so called paypal url in the email (do not click on it), it will show as something other than paypal.com. You should see the real url at the bottom of your browswer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC April 16, 2006 Author Share VooDooPC Member April 16, 2006 dont.reply.thank.you@paypal.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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