PayPal Scam

bnall

bnall

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I just receive this PayPal Scam to my email. Heres what I got. Check out the email address where it came from. They wanted my Paypal password, my personal information, complete Bank info and credit card info. I thought I would pass it along. DONT CLICK ON ANY OF THE LINKS IN THIS TREAD!


Reminder: Verify your PayPal Account‏
From: customers@paypal-system.co (customers@paypal-system.com)
Medium riskYou may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent: Sat 12/05/09 12:04 PM
To:

Attachments: 1 attachment
Verificat...htm (27.6 KB)

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue regarding your account.



A recent review of your account determined that we require some additional information from you in order to provide you with secure service.

How to verify your PayPal account:

1. Submit the form attached to your email in order to verify your PayPal Account.
2. PayPal made two small deposits to your bank account.
3 Check your bank account in 3-5 days for the deposit amounts.
3. Log in to your PayPal account and enter the exact deposit amounts.

Your PayPal account will be Verified.



We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,

PayPal Account Review Department


Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

PayPal Email ID PP522



--Forwarded Message Attachment--









PayPal



















Security Center Advisory!







We recently noticed one or more
attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address and we have
reasons to believe that your account was hijacked by a third party without your
authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the
unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you.


If you are the rightful holder of the account you must verify your PayPal
account!

If you receive this email and
you are not the rightful holder of the account please be informed that PayPal
works with the International Police and any illegal acts will be punished
according with the law!





Verify your Account










Email Address:



















PayPal Password:





















Full Name:



















Bank Name:




















Card Type:




















Card Number:




















Expiration Date:







/





(Ex:
01/2009)
















Card Verification Number (CVV2):



















Street:





















City:





















State (if applicable):





















Country:






















Zip Code:





















Mother Maiden Name:




















Telephone:



















Social Security Number:






(US only)















Date of Birth:





--(Ex:
01-01-1900)












By clicking the button "Submit Your Verification" you confirm
your identity with us. The verification process is instant.


Your session will be closed after you verify your information.












https://www.paypalobjects.co/WEBSCR-600-20091109-1/en_US/i/pui/core/icon_login_lock.gif Protect Your Account Info





Make sure you never provide your password to fraudulent persons.

PayPal
automatically encrypts your confidential information using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption
key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available).

For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at
http://www.paypal.co/securitytips








Protect Your Password




You should never give your PayPal password to anyone, including
PayPal employees.







If you choose to ignore our request, your account will remain limited
until you verify your information at your bank.

Thank you for using
PayPal! The PayPal Team










Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this
address cannot be answered.


To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update
your preferences


here.







PayPal Email ID PP8520






 
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These are really common and I'm sure anyone here that has a PayPal acct has seen them. Go to the PayPal site and report it as a phishing attempt. They have instructions and you can forward the email to them.
 
StrokeofLuck said:
These are really common and I'm sure anyone here that has a PayPal acct has seen them. Go to the PayPal site and report it as a phishing attempt. They have instructions and you can forward the email to them.
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I have had PayPal since day one, and this is the first scam email I have received.
 
These scams have been around for almost as long as Paypal has been in existence.

A lot of people don't know that there is an excellent physical security option available for both Paypal and Ebay. It is a physical authentication token system (Similar to RSA for the IT geeks out there) which you have to physically have with you anytime you want to logon to your account. The token generates a random code that is time sensitive, so it changes each time you use it.

They only cost $5. The link on Paypal is here. The same token can also be used on Ebay for no extra cost.

The only thing I don't like is that they put their logo all over the token. It really should be as anonymous as possible so if someone steals it they don't know what site it is for.
 
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This Paypal scam has been around for a while and especially pops up right before the Holidays when people are doing lots of on-line shopping - they see the above form - panic they won't be able to use their account - and as it looks very legit fill it out = money gone!! -

Go on Paypal's website as StrokeofLuck said and click on Security Center - you can report these scams on the links they provide -

Jackson
 
Paypal

Hey Brian:

My advice is to give them all of the information they are asking for.
These people have been around for a long time and since they are obviously tied directly to Paypal the need this information to "verify" your account.

I know a guy in Nigeria that would also like to have the same information.

Ted
 
cuesblues said:
Hey Brian:

My advice is to give them all of the information they are asking for.
These people have been around for a long time and since they are obviously tied directly to Paypal the need this information to "verify" your account.

I know a guy in Nigeria that would also like to have the same information.

Ted
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Give me all your cues and Ill give them all the info they want. :grin:
 
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bnall said:
Give me all your cues and Ill give them all the info they want. :grin:
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I'll have the guy from Nigeria deliver them in person.
He's a good friend...I let him use my computer when he comes to town to hand carry my inheritance millions
 
I get these kind of emails all the time. I just report it to PayPal and then delete it.

PayPal never asks for your user name and etc. in an email. I once got an email asking me to click on a link and enter all my info because my PayPal Account was on hold or something like that.

I logged on to my PayPal Account to find it was up and running and nothing was on "hold".

Beware and always log on PayPal and check your account. But NEVER use the link in the scam email to go to PayPal.
 
I get those emails every so often. Used to forward them to Paypal, now I just delete them.
 
You shouldn't post the actual link. Someone might accidentally click on it. Put a dash or someting in it so it doesn't work.
 
I actually enjoy putting in all bogus info into these phish'ers emails in hopes that they might actually have to take the time to try to pry into them in attempt to abscond from a legitimate source of funds....F these scammers :mad:
 
Also, beware of the craigslist scammers too. Most of them are pretty obvious though. Not nearly as sly as the paypal scammers. Usually pretty poor English. They usually ask for your items current condition and final asking price. They also say they "will like to buy your item". Most of you have probably already seen them but if I can help one person recognize these and avoid being scammed then it's certainly worth posting.
Happy Holidays :)
 
I've seen this scam come across my email before a few years ago. I just forwarded it to Paypal. Not sure they ever did anything but they did confirm it was a scam.
 
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