jhaag Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 I recently used PayPal to send my contribution to Hybrid. After that I received 7 email requests to do something like the following (I'm paraphrasing): "We have noticed recent activity on your account that may indicate fraudulent attempts to access your information. Please log into your account ASAP and check your information for accuracy." Because I was too busy and because I wondered about receiving so many emails that were the same, I contacted PayPal by email to see if the messages were legitamate. Apparently they were bogus emails from someone hoping to get my log in information and who would then, presumably, rip me off. Here is the response from PayPal which presumably is from PayPal. Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that this sounds a lot like the initial spate of emails! I'm not sure what to believe. Boy, sending a money order is looking better and better! "Thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal. The website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used by PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please do not enter any personal or financial information into this website. If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal Account and change your password and secret question and answer information. Any compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate parties. If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal." Just FYI John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poundz9oh9 Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 yeah, I had the same thing happen to me. It'll only give the "bad guys" your password if you use the link in your email to the supposed paypal website. Paypals website is a secure connection and and begins with https://.............. The fraudulent website might say something that resembels paypal or even looks a lot like it but won't have the secure connection. Best way to avaoid any hassle.......don't follow an email link to paypal, manually go to paypal site.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 I saw a neat little trick to see if a clickable is what it says it is. Put the arrow from your mouse on the clickable, then watch and read what shows up in your browser address bar on the bottom of your screen (my screen shows it), if it dosen't say the address where you want to go, its bogus..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dp351zcar Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I have had emails from ebay saying I couldn't use ebay with out verifying my password. They looked real but ebay still works and I forwarded the emails to ebay then deleted them. Never click on the links on emails of that type as they only want account info. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRJoe Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Always consider an email as a scam. If they claim you need to update information DO NOT use the link, go to the web site and check your account. - Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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