Paypal Fraud, watch out Options

[Pali_playa]

i got an email liek this

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Dear valued PayPal® member:

PayPal® is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of
buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud
teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.

Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your
account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your
account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your
account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. This
is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not
compromised.

In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may
require some specific information from you for the following reason:

We would like to ensure that your account was not accessed by an
unauthorized third party. Because protecting the security of your account
is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account
features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please
understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.

Case ID Number: PP-040-187-541

We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible.
Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of
time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account.

However, failure to restore your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before March 10, 2005.

Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your Paypal records click on the following link:
https://www.paypal.com



Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that
this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We
apologize for any inconvenience.


Sincerely,
PayPal® Account Review Department



PayPal Email ID PP522


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looks real but link is to a fake paypal beware

[saleeka]

i get that email at least once a month... same thing with ebay too...

[XxAxnCelica95xX]

i never got this b4..weird..should i be gettin one?

[madmods]

I get that email almost daily. Don't ever answer any of their emails.

This post has been edited by madmods: Feb 24, 2005 - 12:04 AM

[Redline_Racer]

Is that thing serious? or are they just trying to get your to goto that link? thats crazy man I've never gotten one.

-Brandon

[Batman722]

this has been discusses a few times now. If you get one, forward it to spoof@ebay.com

the link brings you to a page and you enter your name, addy, bank & credit card account #s, ect. Then you loose all of your $$

[jojobombiest]

i wonder how they did that... the link says https:// instead of http://... thats wierd

[CheesyLobster]

I get people all the time saying that they are ebay, paypal, a bank, etc, saying that they need my information inorder to do something...

NEVER PUT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION ON LINE UNLESS YOU WERE THE ONE WHO TYPED IN THE URL AND THE PAGE IS SECURE.

This post has been edited by CheesyLobster: Feb 24, 2005 - 1:52 AM

[LewFX]

make sure you do go to the https:// version..the s means secure...the http:// is the fake

[shid]

? link works for me.

[CheesyLobster]

? link works for me.
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Thats because he copied and pasted the text, and when you do that the hyperlinks are not transfered as well. Since the text starts with http:// this forum automatically detects it as a hyperlink and assumed that the link is to the address that is written out. In reality, I'm sure that playa's emails had links to like "http://www3.57283243.net/paypal" or maybe someones personal IP like "http://234.532.231.2/paypal."

[pimped6gen]

that happened to me and i had to change my whole account...debit card and all...damn scammers...watch out!!!!!!!!!!