N0seBLeeD
February 8 2008 1:23 AM EST
I just got a fake email from paypal, saying I needed to update info, and the website has a fake login paypal thing and everything. Everyone PLEASE be careful.
N0seBLeeD
February 8 2008 1:37 AM EST
As a note. I do know they're always around, just warning paypal users to be extra cautious while this one is around.
AdminJonathan
February 8 2008 1:09 PM EST
this is called phishing. it's been going on for years, and not just with paypal.
something that looked like
this?
PeterGriffin
February 8 2008 2:02 PM EST
just forward the fake email to spoof@paypal.com
bartjan
February 8 2008 2:36 PM EST
A tip: use a separate email address (or addresses) for anything you may run a risk to be scammed at (like bank account, eBay, paypal) and keep this address as private as possible.
This way, any official looking email you receive on your regular account *must* be a scam.
TheHatchetman
February 8 2008 2:38 PM EST
Another tip: Check the url before you put any information in ;)
If it ain't paypal.com, it ain't paypal ;)
chuck1234
February 8 2008 6:31 PM EST
I have a gmail address for my Paypal, and they instantly flag all phishing scam mails with a warning on top apart from junking them into the trash. So, even when sleepy you wouldn't fall for their tricks.
Daz
February 8 2008 6:43 PM EST
The easier solution is to never ever follow the links in them. If your bank wants you to change a setting, then you go to the bank website, login and do it. Don't follow the link. The real emails will just about never have a link anyway.
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