Paypal warning

[Snoozy]

I know we've had these warnings in the past but these phishing emails are re-appearing. I got this one today:

***************************************************************************************************************************
Dear client,

You have received this email because you or someone had used your account from different locations. For security purpose, we are required to open an investigation into this matter

In order to safeguard your account, we require that you confirm your details.

To help speeed up this process, please access the following link so we can complete the verification of your PayPal Account registration information.

(link appears here- removed by Snoozy)

If we do not receive the appropriate account verification within 48 hours, then we will assume this PayPal account is fraudulent and will be suspended.

The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.

We appreciate your support and understanding and thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Copyright © 2013 PayPal

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Of course the give away is "dear client" and when you do click on the link (err yes i did oh then it takes you to a paypal splash page that looks authentic enough, except the web browser shows an address of ratusc.com :roll:

Well i phoned paypal and reported it to spoof@paypal.co.uk

Please be on your guard as these rogues rely on you being tired or in a rush

 

[Chinners]

when you do click on the link (err yes i did oh

Oops - that's your email address confirmed to the spammers / phishers. I do believe a oh:oh:oh: is required

But yes, the "Deal Client" is a dead give-away.

 

[DonAmiga]

Hope you didn't copy and paste it all here with spoof link

 

[Snoozy]

errr yes i did, don't click it

I better remove because i know some of you guys can't resist but have a looksie

Is there anything i can do to get my email address back from the phishers?

 

[Tuxbar81]

Well, at first, it's important to verify the real link which is under the "visual" link onto the web page!

 

[DonAmiga]

errr yes i did, don't click it

you can just imagine everyone clicking it veractor:

 

[Snoozy]

when you do click on the link (err yes i did oh

Oops - that's your email address confirmed to the spammers / phishers. I do believe a oh:oh:oh: is required

But yes, the "Deal Client" is a dead give-away.

well i expect they probably swiped my email address from something i was downloading, yesterday i tried to download a statistics program and it caused all sorts of havoc on my computer and then hijacked my firefox browser to become fbdownloader icard

That took a lot of to remove

Who are these swine that plague me :tantrum:

 

[freehand]

With any suspicious e-mails just check the headers.

 

[AmiNeo]

or test links by right clicking > copy link target, and paste it into a notepad file, which will display the actual link address.

 

[slk486]

Good advice - or never follow links from emails

 

[Templar]

NEVER click on links that you aren't 1000% sure. If I remember right PayPal will not use such kind of links, I think it says to log-in into your account to do specific actions from there.

 

[Buzzfuzz]

NEVER click on links that you aren't 1000% sure. If I remember right PayPal will not use such kind of links, I think it says to log-in into your account to do specific actions from there.

Yep, and Norton Internet Security is handy, it will detect spoofs right away.

 

[slk486]

Ofcourse Norton has a history of bogging down everything else, besides nice security

 

[AndyLandy]

errr yes i did, don't click it

I better remove because i know some of you guys can't resist but have a looksie

Is there anything i can do to get my email address back from the phishers?

They've already got it. That's how they sent the first phishing email. Doesn't matter how many links you do or don't click on. Just as long as you don't give them any passwords.

Sending bulk email is so easy these days, that all this talk of 'validating addresses' is meaningless. Get a decent spam filter on your email.

 

[morcar]

problem being paypal dont care about it and it goes like that with most retailers online.

Perfect example was a good few years back i was selling a ps2 on amazon and i had this person asking me he wanted my ps2 but he lived in south africa. I said i couldnt send it that far so he gave me a uk address.

I phoned amazon and the trading standards and they didnt want to know. They could have cought the person easy. A few months after my friend showed me he was almost scammed by the same person who was now on yahoo messenger. :double

 

[Tuxbar81]

Hi everyone!
This morning, I have discovered that my Paypal account was hacked and the sum of $ 508.75 USD was removed yesterday. I opened a dispute for unauthorized transaction. I have now to wait for the outcome of the investigation ...

I had never receive a fishing message or open message of unknown origin until now. All my computer systems run under Linux and I never connect me superuser. I don't think that the problem is from me.

I wait the end of the investigation and the return (I hope) of my money onto my account. After that, I think I'll definitively close my Paypal account.

I don't know how to proceed in the future for the purchase or sale of equipment onto Amibay. If no other payment is accepted, I will stop any transaction ... I'm really disappointed because I have a lot of projects.

I don't want to make you to panic, but please, be careful and check out your accounts.

Cheers.

 

[-Acid-]

I never ever leave more than £100 in my account at any time. If there is a dispute they can simply deny you your money without any explanation or even close your account if they think you are involved in fraud etc. I'd recommend to everyone to simply get your money out of there asap and just have funds withdrawn from your bank account for free when you want to buy something.

 

[Tuxbar81]

Hi everyone,

I have opened a dispute at approximately 10 in the morning and at 5:00 PM, I received a message from Paypal which confirmed the non authorized use of my account. My money will be back in a maximum delay of 5 days.
Good issue!
:drinkin:

 

[LosBenitos]

This is a perfect time to warn you all about accessing personal sites through any public wifi hotspots.

If the site in question does not encrypt your logon data, then anyone on the same public network can run a network sniffer to capture all the data flying though the network, including your username and password.

If you've got the option, run a VPN link to your home router (if it supports it) which will secure the information which transfers between your phone/laptop/tablet and the site.

I've not read up but I would like to think Paypal encrypts login information but I know hotmail doesn't.