Scam-this is scam email- Beware!

Boom

Dear PayPal user,

We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your PayPal account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security of your account and of the PayPal network is our primary concern. Therefore, as a prevention measure, we have temporarely limited access to sensitive PayPal account features.
Please click on the link below to login into your account and confirm your information:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

For more information about how to protect your account, please visit PayPal's Security Center, accessible via the "Security Center" link located at the bottom of each page of the PayPal website.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire PayPal system. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,
The PayPal Team


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Russ

Are you sure that's a scam?

Russ, NCNE

ziggy29

Yes, I've received it, too. While the URL looks legit, it only DISPLAYS that URL while redirecting you somewhere outside of the paypal.com domain.

And PayPal doesn't address you by "Dear PayPal user." They address you by name in their e-mails. This one is definitely 100% SCAM.

100proof1957

never click a link in an email.
log in normally and then check the account !
there is a bug in the browser that allows a re-direct even if the mail came from HTTPS.
if need be call paypal on a land line

tonyhar

My ISP filters spam and this one appears on a regular basis and they list it coming from CZ or RO.

poorguy

Scam mail usually gets bulked into my spam mail folder before I even report it as spam. Yahoo depends on folks clicking the "this is spam" button to automatically prohibit it from going into anyone else's inbox.

aem4162

forward it in plain text with all headers to spoof@paypal.com

alergar

I checked the link and it took me to PayPal. This may not be a scam.
Do not use the e-mail link, but log into PayPal and check your account information !!!

And just in case your account has been compromised you should change your password !!!

flaminio

<< <i>I checked the link and it took me to PayPal. This may not be a scam. >>

It's a scam. In the actual email, the clicked link would take you someplace else besides PayPal.

Hint for the newbs: They're all scams. Even if they weren't originally, they are now. Given the quantity of scam emails from PayPal, eBay, Citi, and whomever else, no firm would dare send out a real email asking for account information anymore.

Let me reiterate:

THEY'RE ALL SCAMS.

granddad

Just opened a Paypal account this week. Thanks for the useful information.

Have a Great Day!
Louis

Coinerww

THAT IS A SCAM.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Hint for the newbs: They're all scams. Even if they weren't originally, they are now. Given the quantity of scam emails from PayPal, eBay, Citi, and whomever else, no firm would dare send out a real email asking for account information anymore.

Let me reiterate:

THEY'RE ALL SCAMS. >>



Flaminio is right. This "phishing" stuff is so commonplace now, that I'm surprised people still get taken. It's pretty devious and I can see how an unitiated person would fall into the trap, but, geez, I thought the word was out by now.

I never answer an email from PayPal or eBay- I just delete them all, even the legit ones that don't ask for account info. If they need me, they know my snailmail address and my telephone number.

Boom

Yes, it's definitely a scam. Here is the edited version of spoof@paypal's emailed response

Dear Warren Segura,

Thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can
confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal. The
website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used by
PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please do not
enter any personal or financial information into this website.

If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this
fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal Account and
change your password and secret question and answer information. Any
compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate
parties.

If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal
transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal by following
the instructions below:

edited from this point on to save time and space

epicrecipe

I never answer an email from PayPal or eBay- I just delete them all, even the legit ones that don't ask for account info. If they need me, they know my snailmail address and my telephone number.

Likewise. Unfortunately, their increased communications costs get passed back to us in fees. The net was really cool before spammers took over our inboxes.

Sigh.

Boom

If you get that email and you clicked that link, you've got REAL problems that can ruin you.
never click a link in an email.
log in normally and then check the account !
there is a bug in the browser that allows a re-direct even if the mail came from HTTPS.

They can access all your credit card info, your checking acct info, all from when you were verified, just by clicking that link.
I have the bottom half of the real email from pay pal that tells me it is a scam and will gladly provide here ot to whomever may need it. If they get a hold of all your personal info, which is what this scam is all about, they can ruin you before you wake up tomorrow!

Never open an email by clicking on the link. You now have to shut down and change all your credit card #s and checking acct that paypal has on file, by clicking that link. Pay pal will address you by your Name as will eBay. Alwayd remember that.