PayPal fraud

truelove5803 Posted: May 03, 2007 08:03 AM

PayPal fraud

I just wanted to let all my LIW girls know to please be careful. I received an email yesterday from PayPal, and the subject of the email was Update Account Information. When I went into the email it said that they think my PayPal account has been compromized and that I needed to click a link to update my account info. Now I work at a bank so I know never to click on a link like that. So I closed the internet, reopened it, and went to my actual PayPal account page. it said nothing about needing to update any info. I reported the email I received and it infact was a fraudulant email someone sent to get access to my bank accounts. Just please all of you know that nothing will ever ask you for personal info in an email. always go to the source and see if something is wrong.
-Jess

ama1771 Posted: May 03, 2007 08:07 AM

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thanks for the heads up!

Super2star Posted: May 03, 2007 08:08 AM

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yeah I have gotten those emails too...I just delete them...

Spelldizzy Posted: May 03, 2007 08:23 AM

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There is another one that tells you to 'confirm your pay pal purchase' of a 1000 dollar Dell computer...Ive gotten it a million times...

SeaMaiden Posted: May 03, 2007 08:39 AM

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I used to get those emails all the time. at first i couldnt tell they were fake, thankfully i didnt submit any of my information to them. ugh and i keep getting those nigeria scam emails. sadly, innocent people will keep getting scammed, its horrible.

AMGBride2008 Posted: May 03, 2007 08:41 AM

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I think that's called 'fishing' right? PayPal claims to have a very specific format to their e-mails and that's how you tell the difference between real and fake.

Thanks!!

xXxNovember08xXx Posted: May 03, 2007 08:41 AM

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thank u for the heads up

redvelvet Posted: May 03, 2007 09:08 AM

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thanks for the tip, i am such a paypal newbie.

Mizzdimple Posted: May 03, 2007 09:10 AM

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I get those emails about once a month. Thanks for sharing~

JeanetteandSteve Posted: May 03, 2007 09:55 AM

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it makes me sick that people can be so evil. why can't they just make money on their own?! why do they have so steal?!

it makes me very sad.

thanks for the heads up, i'm sure they've gotten a lot of people with this.

missigreg Posted: May 03, 2007 10:01 AM

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thank you very much for the look out. it is scary to know that people can do this on a daily basis and access anything they want from you.

LoveisBliss Posted: May 03, 2007 04:02 PM

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thanks for the heads up

shopaholic07 Posted: May 03, 2007 04:06 PM

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I've received numerous fraudulent emails from PayPal---I know better than to respond to them!!! Be careful!

kahlua716 Posted: May 03, 2007 04:32 PM

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I've gotten that one...and one from bank of america telling me that I have account updates- I don't even have an account there...

jgl Posted: May 03, 2007 05:05 PM

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thanks

i just got this EMAIL..and i dont even then i have a paypal account haha

You have added [email protected] as a new e-mail address for
your PayPal account.

If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance
with your account, please click on the link below to contact PayPal customer service

http://www.paypal.com/customer.html

Thank you for using PayPal
The PayPal Team

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot
be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose
the 'Help' link in the header of any page.

AS Posted: May 03, 2007 05:06 PM

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Yeah I get those all the time and then I report them.

Kimbalina Posted: May 03, 2007 05:25 PM

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Wow thanks for the notice!

DGoldfarb0776 Posted: May 03, 2007 07:04 PM

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thanks for the heads up - I got a few of these myself and I just delete them.

Snowflake08 Posted: May 03, 2007 07:13 PM

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yes, ive gotten that TONS of times
if you get it, forward the email to:

[email protected]

they take care of it

Rissespieces Posted: May 03, 2007 09:53 PM

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It sux because a lot of the sellers ONLY accept paypal. I've encountered a few of them that only accept it. I have no choice but to pay through paypal.