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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: simondjuk on May 28, 2013, 12:59:33 PM

Title: Just had this email
Post by: simondjuk on May 28, 2013, 12:59:33 PM

As if this is genuine...

You Must Solve a Problem on Your Paypal Account
From: Paypal@Customers.Secure
To:simonhadfield@.com  ----------------------------------------------------------------------

We need your help
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Hello Dear Customer

We need you to solve a problem on your account. the time to solve this problem,
we have temporarily restricted features of your account.
What is the problem?

The card issuer has informed us that it was used without your permission.
We just want to make sure you well recently authorized PayPal payments.

To resolve this issue, download the file and fill in the information required
Click here to download the file to activate your account
Download the file and open it with firefox or google chrome or Internet Explorer.

File Number : PP-456-675-879
Sincerely, PayPal
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Copyright © 2013 PayPal. All rights reserved.

Title: Re: Just had this email
Post by: Alsatian on May 28, 2013, 03:00:39 PM

I've had that message at least tree times!!

On the first occasion I did contact PayPal to ask if they were aware of this scam - they asked me to forward the email to them for investigative purposes.

1. For anyone who isn't aware - PayPal will ALWAYS address you by your name and NEVER as 'Dear Customer' etc etc.

2. Also check the grammar - as it will often be quite obvious that it has been written by someone whose native tongue isn't English.

Title: Re: Just had this email
Post by: simondjuk on May 28, 2013, 05:16:18 PM

Glad I'm not the only one. Ill contact PayPal

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Title: Re: Just had this email
Post by: Fly on May 28, 2013, 05:18:36 PM

I bought an item off ebay last night. Then received 4 of these emails ??

Title: Re: Just had this email
Post by: ~Aitch~ on May 28, 2013, 05:43:16 PM

I had the email today too.

Title: Re: Just had this email
Post by: Kent on May 28, 2013, 05:56:19 PM

Had about three myself. Just Deleted them , had SCAM written all over it.

Title: Re: Just had this email
Post by: Old Cruser on May 28, 2013, 05:58:40 PM

I had one a few days ago and I don't use paypal

Title: Re: Just had this email
Post by: Fly on May 29, 2013, 06:50:48 PM

Had one from "Amazon" today. Apparently someone has tried several times to log into my account.
Batsards !
Everything's OK though, I just need to click the link in the email and enter my password on the Amazon webpage it sends me to.





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