I have been getting lots of spoof emails pretending to be Paypal. Looking at the link to login they are coming from an ISP in Romania. I am wondering how wide spread this is? I assume they are sending out hundreds of thousands of emails.
Paypal Spoof (phishing) Emails
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I get them all the time also.
One sure way to tell if it is thru Paypal or not is this. If they address you by your actual name. Anything other than that is bogus.
One sure way to tell if it is thru Paypal or not is this. If they address you by your actual name. Anything other than that is bogus.
Anytime you get one of these, simply forward it to "[email protected]" or "[email protected]" depending on the sender. I get replies back very fast letting me know it is a fraud.
The only one I got that was real was a reminder from Paypal letting me know my CC expiration date was coming up - they were right, and all I had to do was simply enter the new date.
Paypal and eBay both always tell you that they will never ask you to provide your password to reply.
The only one I got that was real was a reminder from Paypal letting me know my CC expiration date was coming up - they were right, and all I had to do was simply enter the new date.
Paypal and eBay both always tell you that they will never ask you to provide your password to reply.
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I am constantly doing that very thing.
If you download the ebay toolbar, it warns you when you click on a link thats a spoof. Then again, if you use common sense and hover over the link then check your status bar, you will see that they're ALWAYS fake sites. I get spoof mails for ebay, paypal, every major bank and credit card company in the world. Its ashame that people are too nieve to realize they are giving the login and password for their credit card accounts to total strangers. Makes me wanna choke the life out of those taking advantage.
My advice to anyone: If you get an email from any company that you are a member of, asking you to login for whatever reason. Open a new window and TYPE IN THE ADDRESS TO THE SITE, then login and look for the message or problem there. You can never go wrong like that.
My advice to anyone: If you get an email from any company that you are a member of, asking you to login for whatever reason. Open a new window and TYPE IN THE ADDRESS TO THE SITE, then login and look for the message or problem there. You can never go wrong like that.
I never click on the link provided. I simply forward it to the proper place and then delete.
Careful, not always. I have received a few where the status bar display was spoofed as well. However, they can't spoof the URL!NSXnBRLA said:
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The banks and financial institutions need to do something, not leave this in the fate of consumers.
I read about a double verification scheme that sounded interesting. Basically you enter your user name and password, and get presented with an image that you should know is secure. You are asked to enter a second password, and then you're allowed to access your account.
You set up the second password and image in your initial online set up, so only you and the bank know what the image and the second password is. That way people who are doing phishing scams would have no way of knowing what image to present, and would be stopped from gaining access to a consumer's account.
Bottom line is that online security needs to be a lot more reliable and more secure than it is right now.
I read about a double verification scheme that sounded interesting. Basically you enter your user name and password, and get presented with an image that you should know is secure. You are asked to enter a second password, and then you're allowed to access your account.
You set up the second password and image in your initial online set up, so only you and the bank know what the image and the second password is. That way people who are doing phishing scams would have no way of knowing what image to present, and would be stopped from gaining access to a consumer's account.
Bottom line is that online security needs to be a lot more reliable and more secure than it is right now.
Seems i get the paypal one a lot lately, especially the last few weeks.
And what would that have to do with Paypal?NsXMas said:
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