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desertrat

desertrat

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Just received a very realistic looking email. I reported it to paypal.

Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:

Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:

Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.

Reference Number: PP-259-187-991

This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.

Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.

Click here to activate your account




We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologise for any inconvenience..

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
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SoMdDude

SoMdDude

New Member
If a paypal email does not direct your full registered name in the introduction, its a fake, i report them all to paypal when i receive them.


Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:


It should say "dear *insert real name here*" not paypal member
 
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RockMeGently

New Member
By now, everyone should know that they should NEVER follow a link in an email to any account they hold.

Go to your accounts via the addresses you have saved for them.

I wonder, how many people actually DO fall for that crap?
 
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WildCherry

Guest
Any email from Paypal will address you by your member name. Good catch, glad you did not fall for it.! :yay:
 
The_Twisted_Ear

The_Twisted_Ear

A proud Conservative!
Remember everyone - if you ever ever receive something from your Bank, PayPal, etc. - NEVER NEVER NEVER use the link. The safest thing to do is Delete the message and then open your Browser and go to the site in question.
 
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Aa3rt

Member
Glad to see that you reported the phony email to PayPal.

I've stopped bidding for anything on eBay since they now force you to use PayPal. It seemed that everytime I won an auction (Which I payed for using US Postal money orders) I'd invariably get one of these phony PayPal emails within a day or two.

Obviously someone or many people are tracking completed eBay auctions and send these out hoping to catch a phish. Until eBay rescinds their enforced use of their crappy PayPal system I will no longer deal with them.
 
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