PAYPAL WARNING!

[circa]

This is just a warning to everyone that uses Paypal, watch your junk mail inboxes. This morning I got up, checked my mail and found an email in the junk box from "paypal", not "Paypal". So I checked it, it said it was from (service@paypal.com) but it could have easily been forwarded, CCed or BCCed to me. Anyways, the subject in the email was
"Account Limited". I was about to flip out because I just made a whole bunch of purchases...but carrying on.

The email told me to log in and go to the "Resolution Centre" to take these limitations off of my account, they give me a refereance number and everything, so the first thing I do is scroll to the bottom and hover my mouse over "Resolution Centre" that's highlighted in blue (for a link to a fake paypal and log in), and what do you know, it's all of these weird characters and doesn't say "paypal" in the line at all, so I forwarded it to spoof@paypal.com

the email:

PayPal Security Center



Dear PayPal Member,
We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information about your business to allow us to provide uninterrupted service. Until we can collect this information, your access to sensitive account features will be limited. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Why is my account access limited?

Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s):


January 18, 2007: We have observed activity in this account that is unusual or potentially high risk.


(Your case ID for this reason is PP-169-971-311.)


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How can I restore my account access?

Please visit the Resolution Center and complete the "Steps to Remove Limitations."







Just be aware and DON'T EVER log in through Paypal, eBay, or whatever it is through an email, ALWAYS through another internet window.

[circa]

just got this from PP...

Dear Will J,

Thank you for contacting PayPal about a fraudulent (spoof) email or Web
site. We appreciate you bringing this suspicious email to our attention.

We can confirm that the email you received was not sent by PayPal. Any
website which may be linked to this email is not authorized or used by
PayPal.

Our fraud prevention team is working to disable any website linked to
this email. In the meantime, please do not enter any information into
this website. If you have already done so, you should immediately log
into your PayPal account and change your password, as well as your
security questions and answers. We also recommend that you contact your
bank and credit card company immediately.

[liza]

"Phishing," as this is called, has become a common way for people to steal your identity and hijack online accounts (i.e. ebay). Yahoo/Flickr just put out a similar alert regarding a phishing scam.

[cdifoto]

I ignore anything from "PayPal" that isn't a confirmation of purchase or confirmation of payment received. I don't even care if it really is from them. I log into my account daily so I know the status of my account.

[TMR Design]

This really isn't anything new. It's become quite common as anyone that uses eBay and PayPal knows. You have to be very careful and never click on links that ask for account verification or tell you that you have limited access, etc. If you use eBay then check and read those messages directly on the ebay site and ignore the emails.

[roqdawg]

The first and best warning that an e-mail from Paypal, or Ebay for that matter is fake is in the first three words of the e-mail.....Dear PayPal member.
Paypal (or Ebay) knows your name and will NEVER address you as Dear Paypal member, they will use your real name.

Tom

[carpenter]

The first and best warning that an e-mail from Paypal, or Ebay for that matter is fake is in the first three words of the e-mail.....Dear PayPal member.
Paypal (or Ebay) knows your name and will NEVER address you as Dear Paypal member, they will use your real name.

Tom

Also they will NEVER ask you to click a link from an email. they will always tell you to go to your paypal/ebay and log in.

[SuzyView]

Also they will NEVER ask you to click a link from an email. they will always tell you to go to your paypal/ebay and log in.

I knew that. But thanks for reminding me.

[SoaringUSAEagle]

Yep pretty old news to me, but its definitely worth posting once in a while just as a reminder. Thanks. I seem to only get the ebay one about a week or two after buying or selling an item. Pretty logical to whoever is doing it.

[Mark_Cohran]

I get two or three of these every week. If I need to do anything with my Paypal account, i go there directly and not through any e-mails sent to me.

Mark

[ilovemycamera]

True, these things show up in my email often, too. They even went so far as to post an old john deere tractor for sale under my ebay account. Be really careful, and check your account!

[zacker]

youll get these from everyone from ebay to banks to credit card companies.. NEVR NEVER EVER click the link from the email.... If you wanna check to be sure its a spoof, go type in the real addy in your browser...

Hey, also... tonight i recieved an email from some big hot shot politician in Africa of all places, long story short.. All i need to do is send my banking info to him and he's gonna fly here with his business partner and give me my 40% of 15 Million USD... isnt that a lucky break??? I dont know how he found me but Im glad he did.. Now, Wheres my banking info so I can get my $$$?

[steved110]

Thanks for the warning, it's all too easy to get tricked these days.

It's a harsh world where you have to be so careful though.

[rhys]

I know every email to me purporting to be from paypal is a scammer. Why? Because I refuse to have anything to do with paypal. I won't buy if it has to go through paypal and won't accept payment via paypal either.

[MDJAK]

youll get these from everyone from ebay to banks to credit card companies.. NEVR NEVER EVER click the link from the email....

Oh, come on you guys, you're taking all my fun away. How do you expect me to fund the purchase of new lenses?:lol:

me

[Azzure_7]

Always been scared w/ this kinda thing. . .
Future crimes would look something like this . . .I guess. . .
Little violence, then suddenly, you are screwed!!

[ilovemycamera]

Always been scared w/ this kinda thing. . .
Future crimes would look something like this . . .I guess. . .
Little violence, then suddenly, you are screwed!!


Yeah, i live in small town arkansas, and keep thinking that identity fraud won't happen around here... who am i fooling?

This will only become more and more common...

[DocFrankenstein]

I get 3 of those a day.

And from ebay

And from lots of banks I use and don't use.

And people agree to give me mortgages and loans for 300k+

A slew of unkown relatives keeps dying and leaving me multimillion fortunes.

Hot stockmarket tips are mailed to me accidentally.

I keep winning all inclusive vacations

Nominated for finalist in a world photogrpahy competitions

Offered to be flown out of the country to shoot weddings

Being made insecure about my penis size... it has to be longer, thicker and always hard. (sounds painful)

And cheap pharmaceuticals...

Takes about .3 seconds to delete a spam message.

[joegolf68]

Almost an old a scam as PayPal itself. Thanks for the heads up for those who might have not known, but this is a very old story. The really gutsy scammers now actually call you, say they are a bank or something, and then they get private info out of you because they are very good at convincing you they are really the bank, or whomever they are impersonating. Too bad the laws aren't better enforced, world-wide.

[pcasciola]

These phishing emails are becoming way too common.

For anyone using Outlook as an email client, I highly recommend the Cloudmark Desktop plug-in. It's not free ($40 a year I think), but it works really well and has a large community of spam reporters. I've been using it for about two months, and it's block about 97-98% of junk/phish mails with just one false positive in that entire time. That false positive was an ad, but just happened to be one I wanted.

Another update I would recommend for everyone is to use OpenDNS for DNS servers. Once a phishing site has been identified, they remove the URL from DNS so even if you click the link you will be notified that it's a phishing site. They collect data from PhishTank among other who track these things. In addition, I've found OpenDNS servers to be much faster and more reliable than my Optimum Online servers.

OpenDNS is 100% free, and Cloudmark costs $40 a year I think. My junk email and phish are down 99% since I made these two changes.

[2005GLI]

i get those all the time. Move the cursor over the link they provide (DONT CLICK IT) and see what pops up. Its a quick way to see if its fake or not. I just forward them to spoof@paypal.com anyway.

[rhys]

I don't do business over the internet. Call me old fashioned but there's nothing quite like walking into a bank and withdrawing a wad. Last time I bought something online, my card got ripped off and I ended up having to fill out bank forms because I'd been billed for tons of online porn.

[DocFrankenstein]

I don't do business over the internet. Call me old fashioned but there's nothing quite like walking into a bank and withdrawing a wad. Last time I bought something online, my card got ripped off and I ended up having to fill out bank forms because I'd been billed for tons of online porn.
Yeah. That's what usually happens when you purchase something from an adult website. :lol: ;)