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Scary PayPal Scam Letter...

April 12, 2015 01:02PM
This one has to the worst scam letters I've ever seen. This one wanted everything: Paypal banking information, 3 pin code on the back of your card, credit card number, card exp., full bank information, full address, bank linked to paypal, social security, mother's maiden name, routing number, account number, it just went on and on. It was in my junk box and the header was of course, not paypal. (when I get paypal email, it always has the Norton Safe icon next to it)

It was your typical "your account has been locked, please answer ALL these questions." Now they are cutting and pasting the questions, no more links to click on. Of course, the grammar was horrible, as usual...

I am thinking what if someone actually answered all those questions? I am sure their paypal account and bank would be wiped out in a matter of days. ...Not to mention, they have enough information on you, to destroy your life sad smiley
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April 12, 2015 01:28PM
Be VERY careful. There is also an e-mail - which has always gone to my Junk Mail box several times - that says that, because of suspicous activity, a "hold" has been placed on your account. The e-mail has a link to your PayPal account (clue: it's NOT!) and they encourage you to click the link, go to your PayPal and resolve the issue. If you click the link and log in, they've got your password. NEVER go to PayPal from a link in an e-mail. Always close the e-mail and log in directly.
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April 12, 2015 11:35PM
What I find funny is I get these e-mails all the time . . . on the e-mail accounts I hold that are not connected to paypal.
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April 13, 2015 12:57AM
Paypal once told me NEVER click on a link, because they don't send links in their emails.

If there is a link, it's a spoof email....tongue sticking out smiley
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April 13, 2015 05:36AM
That was the first-ever scam email I received many years ago. I started to fill it out but when they asked for my bank PIN code I stopped and ripped an email off to Paypal asking how dare they ask for that information. Right after I sent the email it started to dawn on me the email might not have been from Paypal. But boy did it look authentic, had their logos properly rendered and live links at the bottom to real Paypal sites (contact us, help, etc).

They sent me a polite letter telling me what was going on and to please send any suspicious emails to spoof@paypal.com to determine if it was for real or not and assuring me this email did not come from them and I should not enter any information.

Thus was my introduction to the term "Phishing email." Luckily I realized something was wrong when they asked me for information I knew Paypal had never had and didn't need from me.

Time to build a bigger bridge.
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April 13, 2015 12:48PM
@dspeakes wrote:

That was the first-ever scam email I received many years ago. I started to fill it out but when they asked for my bank PIN code I stopped and ripped an email off to Paypal asking how dare they ask for that information. Right after I sent the email it started to dawn on me the email might not have been from Paypal. But boy did it look authentic, had their logos properly rendered and live links at the bottom to real Paypal sites (contact us, help, etc).

They sent me a polite letter telling me what was going on and to please send any suspicious emails to spoof@paypal.com to determine if it was for real or not and assuring me this email did not come from them and I should not enter any information.

Thus was my introduction to the term "Phishing email." Luckily I realized something was wrong when they asked me for information I knew Paypal had never had and didn't need from me.

They are getting good. They can go to any web page ie: Fed Ex, Paypal, "your bank"... anything, cut and paste everything off that page, and send this off to unknowing victims. The difference is, always read your header or run your mouse over the email to capture the REAL address it is coming from. I don't think Fed Ex email is (example only) john43@livemail.com lol...If we get into this habit, we don't have to worry half as muchsmiling smiley
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April 15, 2015 03:32AM
I just ignore them and click 'junk,' especially if I just signed on my PayPal and the email is on another addy my PayPal is with. They are still doing that for banks and some junk mails are advising me that my account had been locked, yet I did not have an account with that bank. We really have to be sharp and I wasn't in the early days. I was lucky my own bank was on the lookout.
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April 17, 2015 08:14PM
They send me warnings about my American Express card but I don't even have one smiling smiley
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