Fake PayPal Scam Email Alert...

by brinjen 9 Replies latest jw friends

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  brinjen

  I just this suspiscious looking email delivered to me:

  You're Billing Information ! Dear PayPal Member!

  It has come to our attention that your PayPal Billing Information records are out of date. That requires
  you to update the Billing Information.
  Failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records within 48 hours.Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS)
  violations or future billing problems.
  
  You must click the link below and enter your login information on the following page to confirm your
  Billing Information records.

  Of course, the address in the link isn't that of PayPal's....

  I still clicked on it though () with my log in details, suckedinloser@f***you.com... I love spamming up their database with fake accounts!
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  SirNose586

  Neither Paypal nor any other reputable company will ask you for your personal information via email.

  Of course, the stellar spelling doesn't help this scammer out....
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  Doug Mason

  There's another scam where they claim to be your ISP. They say that they are updating their database, andyour email account will be closed within 7 days if you do not confirm your details with them.
  
  They then ask you to send them your email address, password, date of birth, and country/region.
  
  Under NO circumstances should you ever pass on such information. These people are tricksters. Check with your ISP by telephone to tell them what is happening.
  
  Australia has an official spam-reporting system.
  
  Doug
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  PrimateDave

  I get these for Paypal and Ebay all the time. If you set your browser to show the "status bar", you can pass over any link to see its real destination in the space at the bottom of your browser window. Besides that, NEVER use the link provided in an email if you are unsure about the sender.
  
  If in doubt about your account, log in to your account directly at the official web site to check your account status. While these basic precautions seem obvious to many of us, there are also many who, believe it or not, are new to the internet and/or are not technically inclined enough to understand why a page that says it is Paypal or Ebay isn't.
  
  lol @ brinjen! I've done the same thing, logging in with swear words sometimes. I used to report phishing to the appropriate company, but it always happens again anyway, even though I've never had my account information stolen.
  
  Dave
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  delilah

  Hey Brinjen...I got that same notice a week ago, and deleted it...I never use Paypal, but my husband does, so I thought it odd they would send it to my account. I love your spam addy...lol...right on!

  These scammers just never sleep....I heard some stories from a police friend, who was telling me about more credit card scams...sheesh!! I almost don't want to make ANY transactions without cash anymore!!!
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  darkuncle29

  Thanks for the heads up.
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  flipper

  BRINJEN- Thanks for the advice ! I do buy older art early 20th century stuff on E-bay so I will look out for this ! Thanks, Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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  TD

  I still clicked on it though....

  Before you do that (Even to screw with them) you should hover your mouse over the link and look at the bottom left hand corner of your browser (Where it usually says "Done")

  If clicking the link will execute a javascript on your machine, it's better not to click it at all.
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  brinjen

  Before you do that (Even to screw with them) you should hover your mouse over the link and look at the bottom left hand corner of your browser (Where it usually says "Done")

  If clicking the link will execute a javascript on your machine, it's better not to click it at all.

  I did hover the mouse first, it's a link to a phishing site in Poland...
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  TD

  I did hover the mouse first, it's a link to a phishing site in Poland...

  Well you probably know this, but for those that don't, just getting you to click the link at all is half the battle all by itself. If you willingly give them your Paypal password, so much the better, but almost all phishing sites through the use of malicious javascripts will attempt to exploit known vulnerabilities on windows machines.

  This is not limited to the windows OS itself. Real Player, Adobe Acrobat, Windows Media Player, Microsoft Office, Outlook Express, iTunes -almost all software that accesses the internet and allows remote code execution under any circumstances either has or has had security holes that can be exploited.