Guest Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Hi Just posting this message I had sent today, just to warn you to be on your guard! It has got to be some sort of a scam, for one simple reason, I am very anti E-Bay and do NOT even have a Pay Pal account & never have had! lol Hope it is of some help to you all! Cheers Paddy ~ message Dear PayPal customer! As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on youraccount.We requestedinformation from you for the following reason:We recently received a report of credit card use associated with this account.As a precaution, wehave limited access to your PayPal account in order to protect against futureunauthorizedtransactions.You can check your transaction details in attachment.Case ID Number: RR-0922-014If, after reviewing your transaction information, you seek further clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us".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 DepartmentPayPal Email ID RR-0922
soulfulsaint Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 (edited) Agreed Paddy I got one yesterday at my work - exact same. Sent it on to PayPlay and they confirmed its a phishing scam. They hope you'll reply to the email giving confidential information about your account. Edited February 25, 2006 by soulfulsaint
Guest Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Hi Just posting this message I had sent today, just to warn you to be on your guard! It has got to be some sort of a scam, for one simple reason, I am very anti E-Bay and do NOT even have a Pay Pal account & never have had! lol Hope it is of some help to you all! Cheers Paddy ~ message Dear PayPal customer! As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on youraccount.We requested information from you for the following reason:We recently received a report of credit card use associated with this account. As a precaution, wehave limited access to your PayPal account in order to protect against future unauthorized transactions.You can check your transaction details in attachment. Case ID Number: RR-0922-014If, after reviewing your transaction information, you seek further clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us". 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 DepartmentPayPal Email ID RR-0922 I forgot to say it had this Heading on the e-mail; Notification: Your Account Temporally Limited Cheers Paddy
Guest Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Paypal always use your user name in all emails to you, if you get an email to "dear Customer" you know its a spoof, you can forward these on to paypal, likewise for ebay. Used to get loads of these, just ignore them. Unless your stupid. Never ever give your personal details to anyone, unless you know who your dealing with. Quick tip, always make sure when you enter your password (i never save my passwords, always enter them each visit) That the small padlock is in the bottom right and that the address bar starts with https. not just http, the s stands for secure and it can only be sent to the right address. Does that make sense. It does to me but i'm the one writing it. Steve
Guest Rowly Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 (edited) If in doubt just go to the paypal site & log in (using your usual bookmark link rather than any link given in these dodgy emails!) - if you have got any geniune problems then you'll soon find out! Edited February 25, 2006 by Rowly
Stuart Bower Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 (edited) This is not just happening regarding Paypal. It`s also happening with various bogus emails claimimg to be sent from banks. Every now and then you get sent an email from a different bank asking you to follow their link with your login details. It`s the numbers game-if anyone does bank online,they`re obviously hoping to catch somebody out eventually by including every bank imaginable. Paypal or ANY bank would never ask you to submit your details this way anyway! So don`t be fooled! Edited February 25, 2006 by The Soul Intention
asboannie Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Had this last year, and if in doubt about anything else just get in touch with Paypal and they will sorted it out and block them off the line.
Guest Netspeaky Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 The only secure way to sign into any account on the internet is to type the url into the command line then you know you are going to the correct site to enter your details. All REAL sites advise you to this.
Guest ScooterNik Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 This is not just happening regarding Paypal. It`s also happening with various bogus emails claimimg to be sent from banks. Every now and then you get sent an email from a different bank asking you to follow their link with your login details. It`s the numbers game-if anyone does bank online,they`re obviously hoping to catch somebody out eventually by including every bank imaginable. Paypal or ANY bank would never ask you to submit your details this way anyway! So don`t be fooled! Odd thing about that one, I recently set up a new email account for the scooter club I'm in and all we've had since then is spoof emails "from" one bank and one bank only....the bank the clubs account is in. How does that work?
Guest Dr Bob Jones Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Hi Just posting this message I had sent today, just to warn you to be on your guard! It has got to be some sort of a scam, for one simple reason, I am very anti E-Bay and do NOT even have a Pay Pal account & never have had! lol Hope it is of some help to you all! Cheers Paddy ~ message Dear PayPal customer! As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on youraccount.We requestedinformation from you for the following reason:We recently received a report of credit card use associated with this account.As a precaution, wehave limited access to your PayPal account in order to protect against futureunauthorizedtransactions.You can check your transaction details in attachment.Case ID Number: RR-0922-014If, after reviewing your transaction information, you seek further clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us".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 DepartmentPayPal Email ID RR-0922 INFO:- If you receive these type of emails from 'spoof' EBAY /PAYPAL Forward ASAP to:- spoof@paypal.com spoof@ebay.co.uk spoof@ebay.com You will then receive a notification from PAYPAL / EBAY to let you know wether the mail you received is legit or not. Best Dr Bob Jones
Guest Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 INFO:- If you receive these type of emails from 'spoof' EBAY /PAYPAL Forward ASAP to:- spoof@paypal.com spoof@ebay.co.uk spoof@ebay.com You will then receive a notification from PAYPAL / EBAY to let you know wether the mail you received is legit or not. Best Dr Bob Jones Hi Bob As I say for me, this is definately a scam mate, as I have never had a PayPal account! Cheers Paddy
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