Real or Bogus?

Agee

Agee

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<TABLE id=emailbody width=575><TBODY><TR><TD>Got this in my email, since I have no Paypal account, appears I'm being scammed?

Information Regarding Your account:
</TD></TR><TR><TD>Dear PayPal Member!

Attention! Your PayPal account has been violated!

Someone with ip address 82.121.62.31 tried to access your personal account!

Please click the link below and enter your account information to confirm that you are not currently away. You have 3 days to confirm account information or your account will be locked.

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 width="80%" align=left bgColor=#ffe65c border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellPadding=4 width="100%" align=center bgColor=#fffecd><TBODY><TR><TD class=pp_sansserif align=middle>Click here to activate your account</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


You can also confirm your email address by logging into your PayPal account at
http://www.paypal.com/ Click on the "Confirm email" link in the Activate Account box and then enter this confirmation number: 1099-81971-4441-9833-3990

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
Agee

Agee

Well-Known Member
GWguy said:
OH yeah, bogus. Hover over the www.paypal.com link (don't click) and look at the status line at the bottom of your browser. No doubt it really isn't PayPal.
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Thanks!

I did indeed do the hover thing and saw what you are referring to. Learned a while back, "Click-it and regret-it".

This account is fairly new, how'd these &*^%^%'s get my email already?

:banghead:
 
rack'm

rack'm

Jaded
Airgasm said:
Thanks!

I did indeed do the hover thing and saw what you are referring to. Learned a while back, "Click-it and regret-it".

This account is fairly new, how'd these &*^%^%'s get my email already?

:banghead:
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Maggots are everywhere...:ohwell:

I'd change the password to a strong alphenumeric and special character password ASAP!!
 
AnnieC

AnnieC

New Member
Some programs will run the list from A to Z and all words in between to hit on emails..that and spammers buy/sell accounts.
I have one email for known people and one I use fo spam and I change it on a regular basis.
Helps to keep the spam down to 4 a day, if that many.

an email like "email4me2@xyz.com helps..toss in a few numbers and that will make it harder for spammers to discover your email address.
 
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slaphappynmd

New Member
Airgasm said:
Done and Thank-You!
Paypal confirmed it was a "phising e-mail" and encouraged all to forward suspicious e-mails of this sort.
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I get a few of those each month, I do have a paypal account but paypal almost never contacts you.

When they have wanted contact in someway the e-mail always directs me to go to the paypal website and make contact through that, never click links.
 
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Mousebaby

Guest
slaphappynmd said:
I get a few of those each month, I do have a paypal account but paypal almost never contacts you.

When they have wanted contact in someway the e-mail always directs me to go to the paypal website and make contact through that, never click links.
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:yeahthat: and if they do send you an email they address you by name! :yay:
 
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