Warning concerning PayPal
 

I received an E-mail that appeared to be from PayPal. It was very official looking.

In the E-mail the following information was provided...

When I clicked on the link the following appeared...an advertisement banner for NetFirms Hosting as well as...

This kind of shit happens all the time.

sounds phishy

its a phishing email I got 3 yday 2 again today, check the code mine was from my-paypal.com

are you serious?

There been alot of pretty creepy emails commin out lately.
Here is one I got yesterday, how it broke through the filters I dunno.


The link went to a Financial site... :1orglaugh
THey got the profile right but they didnt get the ad right!

They almost always look "official".. Some of these guys even put real links to paypal on them... but the link they want you to click is usually an IP address or some other domain, maybe with "paypal" in it to try and trick you.. so you should be able to tell if it's a "real" email from paypal or not by checking that... in either case, never click on those sorts of emails.. go to the site manually..

no doubt :1orglaugh


TKing... that's just a phishing attempt man. They spoof alot of the email headers and stuff, but usually can't spoof the url link (unless you have other vulnerabilities in your system) Pay it no regard.... paypal never asks you to log in and verify shit, and even if you ever thought they did... you could always CALL THEM to confirm they made the request.

King (and all) http://www.getthunderbird.com use thunderbird. Hover over the links and look at the bottom statusbar (like in a browser) of where the REAL url is going to take you. If it's not what you expect, it's probably a phishing attempt.

I get those all the time, disreguard

Just forward the email to [email protected] and they will take care of it, I get ten of those a week.

Well...in fact before I did click on the link provided in the E-mail...I logged into my account using paypal.com and everything appeared to be in order. It was at that point that I clicked on the link provided in the E-mail.

The tip off for me was this...

I have not received any prior E-mails.

i get these fake-ass emails every day.

you got punk'd! :1orglaugh

Wow, what a shock, Pathfinder is drunk and stupid enough to fall for a forged paypal email.

Thats it, now i know for sure you arent a webmaster. A real webmaster wouldve known about this for 5 eyars now.

:1orglaugh

people are still dumb enough to fall for this?

Hmm...maybe you could point out how it is that I fell for anything...eh Richy boy?

I have been on line virtually since there has been an internet...and never have I received an E-mail pretending to be from PayPal...but yes I have heard about it at some point in time in the past...but the warning stands for those that have not...thank you very much. Now feel free to :321GFY punk.

I fingure that if I want to talk to paypal, I will e-mail them. Other than that just delete anything that you get.

this sort of scam is far from beeing new...
there are similiar ones for well known banks, ebay, amazon,etc..etc..

Greetings, I am Nigerian Royalty....

Congres is working on the problem

New spyware legislation

Im sure this work about as well as the CAN SPAM lawas passed a couple of years ago :thumbsup

I never click on email links :)

get those all the time can't believe you've never seen one of those before lol

I get 10 of those a day. PayPal, ebay, citibank, and stuff I don't even have an account with. You can usually tell by the sloppy font or by clicking the link and seeing the domain is all funny

bah i get those all the time, i never trust paypal emails.

You are not the sharpest knife in the drawer are you? :1orglaugh

If in doubt, dont follow links in email...and just go to paypal and login, see if theres something

Usually these are all scams...

It's only been going on, and all over the news, for at least three years. But, thanks for the head's up - besides...paypal sucks ass...

I get that shit on a daily basis..

i get 10 paypal scam emails per day :mad: :mad:

Next you'll be complaining of a Wells Fargo e-mail saying you need to login to your account... But oh shits, you don't really have one!

I'd change my paypal password if I were you bub.

scroll over the url. usally is an ip.

fake emails :)

I just deleted 10 or more of the same thing. Name a bank in the US and my "account" has been suspended with them. My so called "account" is suspended with Amazon, Paypal, or any other online Financial company you can think of. :1orglaugh

i get a ton of those every day, just tyring to get your user/pass for paypal

I ignore all eBay and Paypal emails. If there's a problem, I'll just check out my account.

Another good tip should be when you put your mouse over the link in the email and see that it goes to some domain other than paypal... or even to an IP address.

Please do post it. Those sorry thievin' bastards deserve it :winkwink:

I get 3-5 Paypal related scam emails a week. Just delete 'em.

The biggest tell-tale sign that it is a fake is that the real Paypal will always address their email to you personally. They will put "Dear ::yourusername::: at the top of the email.

The fakeass ones always have "Dear paypal user" or something similar.


Never click their bullshit. They'll want you to verify your account information, but all you're doing is telling them how to rip you off if you fall for it.

Anyway, better to ask than to get swindled. Good think you didn't fall for it king.