Inspiron
Mar 19 2006, 06:34 AM
The topic title should say alot. For those who are using Paypal, do read this: http://www.updatexp.com/pay-pal-scam.htmlAlso, I'd like to highlight the following, which is also the most common mistake that users doesn't check before clicking the link provided in the email. QUOTE On hovering my mouse over the link that the sender wanted me to click I found that it was a really odd address - it SHOULD have started with https://www.paypal.com/ This page shows a scam paypal page. Watch for it's differences. http://www.fightidentitytheft.com/paypal_scam_webform.htmlHere's another point to take note from http://www.fightidentitytheft.com/QUOTE 1. Only enter your PayPal password on pages where the URL begins with https://www.paypal.com/. Even if the URL contains the word 'PayPal', it may not be a PayPal webpage. 2. These "spoof" websites try to imitate PayPal in order to obtain your PayPal password and access to your account. Spoof websites we encountered in the past have included: www.paypalnet.com, www.paypa1.com, and www.paypalsecure.com. 3. Some spoof websites will send emails that pretend to come from PayPal to entice you to log in at the spoof URL. Be especially cautious of emails that direct you to a website asking for sensitive information such as your password, credit card, or bank account information. Remember, you can recognize a spoof email if it suggests that you log in to a URL that does not begin with exactly https://www.paypal.com/.
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antwill
Mar 19 2006, 09:37 AM
not that i use pay-pal but thanks for the heads up, I will probably not use pay-pal as i dont seem to trust it, as i think its dangerous as people can hack it easily and have yet to be convinced otherwise.
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Razor
Mar 19 2006, 02:31 PM
Meh...you get those e-mails even if u dont have paypal lmfao... before i was a member of paypal a few years back i got scam e-mails etc..which does proove that they are bs.... Meh i dont think i would get tricked into it...its people who are not so pc friendly that would be vurunable to this.. but ive always wondered how they can make their e-mail to be an "@paypal.com" do they hack it or somthin ? unless anywayone can do that and i dont know how to lol  .
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Laos
Mar 19 2006, 04:19 PM
Yeah, scam sites are common, games like Runescape give lectures 24/7. You should watch yourself often to make sure you arnt ending up giving ur credit card number and etc. away like in a pop up, it could ruin your life permnamently
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BOAW
Mar 19 2006, 05:20 PM
yeah i heard that pay pal really sucks or something i wusnt sure why when i was told that...theres even a website about how bad pay pal really is...i think its.. www.paypalsux.com or www.paypalsucks.com im not sure im too lazy to even check lol
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gameratheart
Mar 19 2006, 11:59 PM
...And this is just one of the reasons why Paypal sucks. Lol. But I'm not kidding. Paypal scams are all-too-common nowadays, with the spam emails as shown here. The problem has been made wrose recently, with Paypal falsely claiming transactions to be "not legitimate" in certain occasions. Many people have had friends use paypal and their account has been terminated, so when they recieve email saying there's something wrong with their account, they believe it. Do not, repeat, DO NOT trust PayPal! And BOAW, the link for that website is www.PayPalSucks.com
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FLaKes
Mar 20 2006, 07:46 AM
I got one of those scam emails around january. It said that I had to update my paypal records for security reasons and some other bs. At first I wasnt too sure about it, I mean, why would paypal want me to update my records if I havent changed my address or something, so I was suspicious and I searched around the letter. I went to paypal (not through the email, I entered the actual www.paypal.com) and logged into my account and did not notice anything that had to do with the email. So I went back to the email and checked the link and it was a IP direction instead of paypal, so I immediateley forwarded it to paypal. They look very real though.
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Cool_Freaker
Mar 20 2006, 10:45 AM
I've gotten several of them, though I've never used Paypal. Not to mention I've received emails from banks I've never had accounts with asking for detail confirmation.  I suppose for the uninitiated it's possible to be tricked - I find GMail's phishing filter rather accurate and picks up almost all of them though 
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trace-uk
Mar 29 2006, 09:35 PM
I'm always very wary of emails sent from phishers saying paypal account closed etc. the real paypal only send you several predictable emails 1) when the account is set up 2) when you do something i.e. send money or get money.
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Joe2Chance
Mar 31 2006, 01:47 PM
QUOTE(Razor @ Mar 19 2006, 03:31 PM)  but ive always wondered how they can make their e-mail to be an "@paypal.com" do they hack it or somthin ? unless anywayone can do that and i dont know how to lol . Itīs VERY EASY, all you need is Outlook Express and a pop/smtp account!!! Stay well.
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