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  • Pay Pal Scam

    I dont know how many of you have got a e-mail like this but it almost got me so beware. It said it was from service@paypal.com and it looked EXACTLY like the e-mails I got in the past confirming my payment for $309.00 and at the bottom of the screen it said... to despute this payment click here, so I did. It came up with a web page that looked EXACTLY like pay pals website except for the little security icon at the bottom of the page was diffrent, I know this because I opened Pay Pal with another web browser and the two sites were almost identical. So I did not enter my user name and password, which im sure is what these scammers were looking for. Instead I called Pay Pal and they told me it was a scam and Pay Pal dosnt have a link at the bottom to dispute a payment, I never really paid attention to that before and damn, it looked ledegit! So I forward the e-mail to them as per there instructions If any of you know about this, cool if you dont, please note it and be carefull.
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  • #2
    Thanks for the heads up.
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    • #3
      I get one of those every few weeks. Pretty sad, huh.
      Tracy
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      • #4
        FYI, anytime paypal sends you an e-mail, it will be addressed to your name and nothing else. When in doubt, close your browser, open another one, manually type in the paypal address and check your status. Never take a direct link and enter your information.

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        • #5
          As Joe said, Paypal will always address emails to your full name, and not to "paypal customer". That's the number 1 way to tell a fake paypal email.
          Dave M
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          • #6
            I agree that it is very sad I have recieved quite a few of them fake emails.
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            • #7
              You can always right-click any link given in an e-mail and then choose View Source. It will show you the actual URL that the link is pointing you to.

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