PayPal spam via NT?
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- horton
I just received a fishy email from "PayPal" in my NT specific mailbox. I know it's via NT because this is the only place I use the address.
Anyone else received these?
I've recently heard about some fake PayPal email scams where the sending address looks like PayPal but its not.
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Dear PayPal User,
We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal
account from a foreign IP address.If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log
in attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not
initiate the log ins, please visit PayPal as soon as possible to update
your account:Changing your password is a security measure that will ensure that you
are the only person with access to the account.Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.
Sincerely,
PayPal
- kyl30
yep, got one today. Luckily it reminded me to get some cash out of my account.
- horton0
k.. just for the record i've been previously advised NOT to change any PayPal account info via paypal.com emails.
if you're worried about it log in directly via their website.
- Jnr_Madison0
I stopped using email years ago.
- kyl30
yep, defiantly didn't click the link in the email. The email they had was one I only use here. Big red flag.
- spongebob0
just ignore the email or refer to Paypal itself.
I've referred about 6 of those emails and have started to ignore the rest that come in.
Paypal will never contact you unless you have recently accessed the account for a transaction.
- kodap0
forward to
They'll take care of these emails common referred as phishing
- visualplane0
great, now there's a scammer lurking around.
- kyl30
nothing new VP
- Jaline0
Makes me feel a bit uneasy, especially since this is the first time I put all my account info online (so that I can buy things using PayPal). I definitely won't be clicking any of those emails though. Thankfully I haven't gotten any suspicious ones from Paypal. However, I have been getting a lot of other spam. Still, it's not as much as I used to get at Hotmail.
If you don't know who it's from and there's an attachment included in the email, DELETE.
- visualplane0
someone purchased my vaio using a hacked paypal account. After I shipped my laptop overseas ($1700), paypal retracted the funds, and I got f*cked.
- fowler0
I get a lof of spam now too, not just from paypal. I think there was a thread talking about this a while ago, citing the google adsense shiz
- spongebob0
ouch.
did you get your laptop back?
- visualplane0
No, but I wasted a lot of time on the phone with them. They usually had an attitude because they get complaints on a regular basis. Online fraud is the number ONE compaint in America.
- ribit0
we get like 100 of the PayPal scam emails per day... you just gotta filter it..
- Neuarmy0
I get fake paypal emails ALL the tiime... I also forward them to spoof@... One thing that usually lets you know it's actually from paypal is that the email will say Dear "Your Name" and not Dear "Paypal User".
Also, just hover over the link - you'll be able to tell if it's clicking to paypal or some other shadiness.
- jamble0
Spam is so Web 1.0
- inhaler0
I dont know if I've gotten one through NT, but I have gotten those..
Always know because the link they have, is some wacked out address, that obviously is not from Paypal.. I just give notice to Paypal...thats what I reccomend.
- phatlee0
Yep, I got the same email.
- UndoUndo0
forward it to and they chase it
- nRIK0
yeah ive been getting an increase in spam emails labeled from Paypal lately as well... just google the title of the email and you'll see how common it is...
Also, just hover over the link - you'll be able to tell if it's clicking to paypal or some other shadiness.
Neuarmy
(Jan 24 06, 20:42)sometimes the links still look legitimate, but they have some onclick="" hidden javascript ... if you are concerned, type www.paypal.com in your browser yourself, its silly to blindly click on links.