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[chisme]

ok so the other day i got a seemingly normal e-mail from "paypal" apparently saying if i verified my account they would drop £5 into my account.

which got me thinking ..as i am allready verified from years ago, so i mailed the paypal security team and sure as sure i had recieved a FAKE spoof phishing mail ...........paypal confirmed it was a hoax mail, and i asked me to send them a copy which i have done,


so yeah if anyone you guys get this mail dont responed except to let paypal know about it,


ps: is it worth me trying to reply to this message now with some choice words for the mug trying to trick me? or would it be pointless?

[chisme]

here is the body text of the fake mail
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To ensure that your PayPal emails get to your inbox, please add [email protected] to your email Address Book or Safe List




Dear Chris Wells,

Choose to verify your PayPal account and a whole range of new possibilities will open up.

Freedom to spend
Once you are verified we can remove your current limits and give you the freedom to make larger and more frequent transactions with us whether you're buying or selling online.

Trust and security
Verify your account and you'll instantly become more attractive to sellers online. This is because you'll have successfully passed PayPal Security checks. Equally when you are selling online you may qualify for Seller Protection (Terms & Conditions apply).

Easy to set up
Verifying your account is FREE and really easy to do. Simply follow the link below and we'll walk you through the process.

Show me how





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[thcbongman]

Yea, classic phishing scam.

You gotta be careful, some of them can be real deceiving.

[Plastic Jesus]

i've been getting those for months! please don't YELL IN RED IN YOUR SIGNATURE!

[chisme]

yeah bongman the only reason i suspected it was because i was allready verified, i mean the mail what u cant see there was even html with paypal advertisments and everything, close eh

[chisme]

anyone else got a bulk mail in the outlook call mosaka? i think thats a virus or sumthing,
and another from a bryony dillard.......the message contained sum chinese writting, and a LINK b4 clickign link i translated the chinese it said sum un-interpretable shit about a housewife who doesn anything you want...or sum shit like that lol

[Psycho4Bud]

I got a few of these through yahoo and finally got pissed. Here's a way to put an end to this crap IF you got yahoo.......

[email protected]

I don't know how far they actually go into the complaint but as for now, I don't receive any more of these fake Paypal e-mails and they were very quick to respond to my report.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[cambam]

i've been getting those for months! please don't YELL IN RED IN YOUR SIGNATURE!

What the fuck has that got to do with you?

Are you a self-assigned moderator? No? So who are you to tell people what they can or can't have in thier signature?



Props to Chisme for spotting that it was a fake, and warning others.

[rebgirl420]

wow thats fucking stupid, what jerks send crap like that?

[Psycho4Bud]

wow thats fucking stupid, what jerks send crap like that?

They have a link that looks identical to Paypal so when you sign in they got your ID and your password.....from there it's buy, buy, buy. This happened to me and lucky enough my bank caught up with it on the first hit. They thought it was funny that I made a couple of purchases in Romania. I had to change passwords and my bank ATM card.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[rebgirl420]

wow that sucks. id be soooo pissed.

[EE2000]

For info concerning emails from banks, paypal, ebay and the others check out Snopes.com for more info. Am I allow to give out links, even if they are informative ones ?

They are called phishing scams, they want you to verify all your info then they steal it. They are clever about it though so be careful when giving out your personal info.

[ericwt]

If these folks used all their creativity to sell a legitimate product and did it honestly they could be rich.

[chisme]

i've been getting those for months! please don't YELL IN RED IN YOUR SIGNATURE!

plz dont link to pages in your signature,


now u see that thought in your head that says..."yeah right"................:thumbsup:

[Wesley Pipes]

plz dont link to pages in your signature,


now u see that thought in your head that says..."yeah right"................:thumbsup:

haha nice one...

on the thread subject tho, i got a couple from paypal that looks the same as that, except they say i could win money, like 1000 pounds or somethin, i just ignore crap like that anyway, even it was for real, cuz i don't win shit like that anyways, but whenever i get shit like that has to do with money (i.e. paypal accounts and such) i always just log onto the site myself instead of using the links in the mail.

p.s. chisme you probably should've deleted your name from the post, aswell as your e-mail address, people can use that for e-mails like this, and not every stoner is as nice as most the people here, alot of the "guests" can see that info too. i'd ask for a mod to edit your post to remove those details.

Peace :hippy:

[Skink]

Ever since I started my own email server these phisies are pretty much non existant... When my email was comcast I got them all the time... it's like the crooks gain access to major email servers for lists... By my findings i am pretty confident Paypal and Ebay are not the breech... tracing these bugers the bulk are from China I had one from Germany that looked exactly like an Ebay page,,,pretty convincing... simple rule is to never give your info to anyone that asks!!!

[Wesley Pipes]

Ever since I started my own email server these phisies are pretty much non existant... When my email was comcast I got them all the time... it's like the crooks gain access to major email servers for lists... By my findings i am pretty confident Paypal and Ebay are not the breech...

i agree, they're just guessing that you use paypal... i got one a while ago from e-gold or somethin like that, it stuck out in my mind cuz i had never even heard of that site before recieving that mail, yet somehow i was a member? like i'd be dumb enough to fall for that lol

[halfassedjediknight]

usually places wont ask you for your personal info like that.

thats how easy it is to distinguish phish mail from real mail.

[orangeman]

Damn scammers. That reminds me of the news on MySpace when a phisher got sued, funny thing about it is MySpace is a free service and some one still got sued for scamming xD.

[xcrispi]

PayPalSucks.com is where you will learn about the PayPal Class Action Lawsuit, Abuse, Fraud & evil behind the PayPal system! (http://www.paypalsucks.com)

Read some of these ppls. horror stories . lol
Crispi :jointsmile:

[rebgirl420]

the people who do this shit should be brought outside and beaten with boards that have rusty nails in them

[Skink]

PayPalSucks.com is where you will learn about the PayPal Class Action Lawsuit, Abuse, Fraud & evil behind the PayPal system! (http://www.paypalsucks.com)

Read some of these ppls. horror stories . lol
Crispi :jointsmile:

That's like a microcosm of the paypal world... I love paypal and many do... You can't give anyone the advantage with money today cause you will lose... The world sux not only paypal...

[halfassedjediknight]

the people who do this shit should be brought outside and beaten with boards that have rusty nails in them

pffft

[affasd]

ya ive gotten these before like someone said if there ever asking for your info its fake

[pwn3dy0]

No offense, but anyone who falls for that junk deserves what they get.

[make it legal]

Yeah, the same thing has happened to my dad with Ebay, but he knew it was fake. With Ebay, they get you to give them your username and password then use them to get free shit.

[make it legal]

No offense, but anyone who falls for that junk deserves what they get.

No, it really does look real. My dad said the link took him to a site that look EXACTLY like Ebay. For someone who doesn't know about stuff like this, it is pretty easy to fall for. Myspace has people doing the same thing, but just for advertising. If you think you have been phished, just change your password for whatever account you have.

[pwn3dy0]

No, it really does look real. My dad said the link took him to a site that look EXACTLY like Ebay. For someone who doesn't know about stuff like this, it is pretty easy to fall for. Myspace has people doing the same thing, but just for advertising. If you think you have been phished, just change your password for whatever account you have.



Yeah i know, I get the emails all the time.The URL in the toolbar is different, and they ask you for your CC pin code, among other things such as SSN, MMN etc. Obviously a legit company wouldn't ask that just to verify an account. Plus it's not encrypted.

I guess if you're new to the internet and shit it is possible to fall for it, but other than that...cmon you gotta be pretty gullible.

[aardvark]

Got one a week ago that stated my paypal address had been changed to someplace in Florida. Immediately sent that SOB to paypals fraud dept. (as I had been burned once before). Within 5 minutes, they sent a reply stating it was a phishing fraud. Fooled me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...no fucking way!

I would love to get 2 minutes with these jerk-offs that pull this computer shit.

[Skink]

Some of the ones with Ebay pages are scary real looking... Just for fun right click the links in an email and see the properties...

[Purple Banana]

Oh yeah, just like the other day, some lovely person sent me a "Daily Credit Card Lottery Drawing!" telling me to give them my credit card number, so they could enter me into the lottery. It seemed so wier- OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE.