If you recieve these types of spoof emails do not reply to them or click onto the links to give your info. These are scams and I've read about some of your exp's with getting frauded. Take a look at this: Dear valued PayPal® member, Due to recent fraudulent transactions, we have issued the following security requirements. It has come to our attion that 95% of all fraudulent transactions are caused by members using stolen credit cards to purchase or sell non existant items. Thus we require our members to add a Debit/Check card to their billing records as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. Your Debit/Check card will only be used to identify you. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problems with the PayPal® service. However, failure to confirm your records will result in your account suspension. Once you have updated your account records your pending PayPal® account transactions will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. To update your billing records please login to your account by clicking here. Thank you for your time, PayPal® Billing Department. Copyright © 1995-2005 PayPal Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the PayPal User Agreement and Privacy Policy. This email came with the Paypal header to make it look official. Here is the link they want you to go to fill out the info..... You can log in with any name or pass (this is how they steal your acccount info) b/c it's not a "HTTPS" and is not on the page it links you to for your personal info. This is a sure sign of a scam for info if there is not a HTTPS link with the lock icon. http://paypal.connect03.com/cgi-bin/webscr.html?cmd=_login-run Just a heads up!
Thats funny...just goes to show how stupid these scammers are and how dum they think people are...they are sending thier scam to someone who doesn't even have a Paypal acct....BTW I get them for Paypal and E-Bay. I always log directly into the main website and see if there are any mssgs for me corroborating what was sent to me.....
Make sure you send those to paypal so they can contact the authorities. About a year ago the FBI tracked one of those Ebay scams to some place in Russia.
Here's the latest one I got today. Tries to get you to log in and check your account. The pages look damn identical but as usual the addy doesn't go to an https server. . Yeah the FBI catches these bastards. Damn thieves live large making all this fraud $$$. This is the 2nd one this week. It is different from the other but disguised well. The address is highlighted link but goes to a separate address from the one listed of course. From: "PayPal"<service@paypal.com> Date: June 15, 2005 12:24:35 PM EDT Subject: New email address added to your PayPal account Reply-To: <service@paypal.com> As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently noticed the following issue on your account: 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-072-838-482 https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=complaint-view For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal usedto make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the Resolution Center https://www.paypal.com/ . If, after reviewing your account information, you seekfurther clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us".We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience. Sincerely, PayPal Account Review Department PayPal Email ID PP59677522
Paypals quickresponse to my email I forwarded them... From: spoof@paypal.com Subject: RE: Q510 - Thank you for your email to PayPal (KMM14186521V63098L0KM) Date: June 15, 2005 3:18:33 PM EDT To: jrfuller@cox.net Reply-To: spoof@paypal.com Dear , Thank you for contacting PayPal. We appreciate you bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal. The website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used by PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please do not enter any personal or financial information into this website. If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal Account and change your password and secret question and answer information. Any compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate parties. If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal by following the instructions below: 1. Log in to your account at https://www.paypal.com/ by entering your email address and password into the Member Log In box 2. Click on Security Center at the bottom of the page 3. Click on the 'Unauthorized Transaction' link under the Report a Problem column 4. Please follow the instructions in order to access the appropriate form If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us again. Sincerely, PayPal Account Review Department ************************************************************************ This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User Agreement, either PayPal Inc or PayPal (Europe) Limited. PayPal(Europe) Limited is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the UK as an electronic money institution. *********************************************************************** PayPal and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal your password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone claiming to work for PayPal asks for your password under any circumstances, by email or by phone, please refuse and immediately contact us via webform at https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=sa_pass. *********************************************************************** Original Message Follows: ------------------------- This is the 2nd one this week. It is different from the other but disguised well. The address is highlighted link but goes to a separate address from the one listed of course. From: "PayPal"<service@paypal.com> Date: June 15, 2005 12:24:35 PM EDT Subject: New email address added to your PayPal account Reply-To: <service@paypal.com> As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently noticed the following issue on your account: 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-072-838-482 https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=complaint-view For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal usedto make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the Resolution Center https://www.paypal.com/ . If, after reviewing your account information, you seekfurther clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us".We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience. Sincerely, PayPal Account Review Department PayPal Email ID PP59677522
