Is this some new scam?

[Kentish]

Just rec'd this e-mail...



Dear xxxxxxxxxx.co.uk,

We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your PayPal account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security
of your account and of the PayPal network is our primary concern. Therefore, as a prevention measure, we have temporarely limited access to sensitive PayPal account features.

Then when on to say logon at this link and confirm all your security details. Sender address was: [e-mail]

I've ignored it.

[themaskedavenger]

sounds like the best thing to do!

[m1spw]

I get one of these every 2-3 days. The easiest way to tell is paypal always address you by your full name, not 'paypal customer'. Also, when you hover over the link it normally comes up with a totally different website.

>> Edited by m1spw on Friday 28th October 14:19

[tollytuff]

i get similer from ebay. load of cobblers. one for the trash i think

[BliarOut]

Scam

Never log in through an e-mail link, they are just too easy to spoof. If you want peace of mind, just log in through the normal paypal front page.

[Kentish]

It must be a scam surely, considering the poor spelling. I'd expect paypal to proof read their standard messages prior to sending.

I've also given this some more thought and I now know it's a scam.

Because the e-mail address they used is the one I put in my adverts not my actual paypal e-mail address.

Hahahaha, busted!

[m1spw]

Best thing to do is click (I think this is right) tools->Block sender

Then they automatically go into your deleted items section.

[Kentish]

Good spoof though.

I checked it out and it's some tt in Korea!

[simpo two]

Yes. I've had several that seem to come from PayPal, but if you click on the link the URL is totally different.

Bin.

[tonyhetherington]

Yeah, as others have said; rule of thumb, never click a link to security in the e-mail, always go via the main page (eg paypay.com)

[Marki]

I am gettin a fishing mail about once a day from Ebay to all and any of the German banks asking you to verifie your details .

Its a scam

[r988]

Kentish said:

Good spoof though. I checked it out and it's some tt in Korea!

Kim Jong Il up to his old tricks again

[ZR1cliff]

I had one yesterday from a spoof paypal even refering to stuff ime bidding on so i sent it on to the spoof Dept and then deleted it,a good idea is to change your password on a regular bassis and dont relate it to your birthday or address as these B*st*rds do reasearch on you to find out details,i have different passwords for all my stuff.

contact these if in doubt,

[e-mail]

[Parrot of doom]

No online organisation would EVER contact you in this way.

[ifc63]

m1spw said:

I get one of these every 2-3 days. The easiest way to tell is paypal always address you by your full name, not 'paypal customer'. Also, when you hover over the link it normally comes up with a totally different website. >> Edited by m1spw on Friday 28th October 14:19

I got caught by this a while ago. As said, if genuine it will address you by name AND you will have a copy in your E-bay messages. Log on there securely and don't reply to anything you're not sure of. Report anything "iffy" to [e-mail] or [e-mail]. This way they should be able to track the buggers down.

[m1spw]

Some spoofs I've received:

spoof paypal said:

We recently noticed an attempt to log in to your PayPal account from France,a foreign IP address and we have reason to believe that your account was used by a third party without your authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. Therefore, if you are the rightful account holder, click on the link below to log into your account and follow the instructions. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd= If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporarily suspend your account.

e gold spoof said:

Please Update pin Your Account Access !!! Click on "Access your Account" at the e-gold site to login and begin using your e-gold account. The e-gold site is at : http://e-golds.us/acct/ -------------------------------------------------- It takes at least 24 hours for the investigation in this case and we strongly recommend you to verify your account at that time. --------------------------------------------- Thank you for using e-gold!

And I've never heard of e gold!

another paypal spoof said:

Dear PayPal Customer, It has come to our attention that your PayPal billing updates are out of order. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your billing records you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to update your records will result in account termination. If you are the rightful holder of the account you must click the link below and then complete all steps from the following page as we try to update your account billing records. Click here to verify your account Once you have updated your account records your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

yet another paypal spoof said:

Dear PayPal® Member: Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. This is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not compromised. In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some specific information from you for the following reason: 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-332-182-001 We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible. Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account. However, failure to restore your records will result in account suspension. Please update your records on or before October 30, 2005. Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Please update your Paypal record: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd= If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporarily suspend your account.

[simpo two]

I reported the first PayPal spoof I got to PayPal - me being helpful and all that.

Subsequently PayPal shafted me over a refund.

So now I don't bother to tell them about the spoofs any more.