PAYPAL ALERT!!!! MEMBERS WITH PAYPAL CLICK HERE

[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 Reviewed by chisme on 03-19-2007. PAYPAL ALERT!!!! MEMBERS WITH PAYPAL CLICK HERE 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 Rating: 5

[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: