Paypal Scam question
vikesfan40
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I received an email today alledgedly from Paypal.
They informed me that another email address had been added to my account and to contact them if I had not made this request. The new email was listed in the message. The typeset was a little different than other emails I have received from paypal and my first name was misspelled. Other than these 2 things it seemed legitimate.
I checked my account for recent activity. There was none.
I removed my credit card and changed my password.
I tried to call Paypal but I just got a recorded message saying they were not available until Tuesday.
Has anyone else experienced this? Advise and suggestions appreciated.
They informed me that another email address had been added to my account and to contact them if I had not made this request. The new email was listed in the message. The typeset was a little different than other emails I have received from paypal and my first name was misspelled. Other than these 2 things it seemed legitimate.
I checked my account for recent activity. There was none.
I removed my credit card and changed my password.
I tried to call Paypal but I just got a recorded message saying they were not available until Tuesday.
Has anyone else experienced this? Advise and suggestions appreciated.
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Steve
if they did not ask for any of these, could be legit. call and make sure.
paypal or ebay will never ask for your password, credit card #s those kinds of things.
so if an email is asking for those type things, scam scam scam !
lee
Paypal says never to respond to an email link or open an attachment.
Perhaps these types of info would be requested had I selected the link.
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Did you check if there's a new email address in your account?
Don't respond to the email. Login directly to paypal website and check the email addresses that you stored in there.
Wow that's new. How did they found out your first and last name? That's how paypal address (first and last name) when they send policy updates.
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user: Fuc|<
pass: You
of course the username I usually supply doesn't have the characters at the end, but it's there for censorship purposes.
This way I can tell if they are trying to store user/pass information. If it doesn't let you in, then it's very possible that it is legit, although that's quite unlikely seeing how Paypal never asks for that kind of information...and if it goes through, it means that they are logging every sucker's user/pass information and it has a record that says "Fuc|< You"
<< <i>I received an email today alledgedly from Paypal.
They informed me that another email address had been added to my account and to contact them if I had not made this request. The new email was listed in the message. The typeset was a little different than other emails I have received from paypal and my first name was misspelled. Other than these 2 things it seemed legitimate.
I checked my account for recent activity. There was none.
I removed my credit card and changed my password.
I tried to call Paypal but I just got a recorded message saying they were not available until Tuesday.
Has anyone else experienced this? Advise and suggestions appreciated. >>
I have.
PayPal will NEVER request information through an E-mail. Forward the E-mail to spoof@PayPal.com They will let you know real soon how legitimate the message is.
You have done everything correctly. I change my PayPal and eBay passwords at least once a week...using a mix of 8 alpha-numeric characters.
<< <i>I received a few similar ones recently. Was the email address "DVDplayers@yahoo.com" or some other type of electronics combined with a free email service (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.)? The are all scams (I got one at an address I have that is not registered with Paypal). >>
It was (a nickname)@yahoo.com
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