Fake PayPal warning

Bardofely · Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 97

Mail from Paypal re suspicious fake PayPal mail:

Dear Steve Andrews,

Thank you for contacting PayPal.

We can confirm that the email you received was not sent by PayPal. The

attachment contained within this email is a virus that has circulated

around the internet. If you have opened the attachment, your computer may

have been infected.

Do not surrender any personal or financial information that may be

requested. If you have previously submitted this information, we suggest

you contact your issuing financial institution to report the incident.

For additional information regarding this virus, including how to prevent

or disinfect your computer, please contact your anti-virus software or

program provider.

If you have any further questions, please let us know.

Sincerely,

The PayPal Team

This is worth knowing about cos a lotta people have Paypal & they may get conned. Paypal NEVER send attachments or address members as Dear PayPal User/Member

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: <spoof@paypal.com>

> To: "bardofely" <bardofely@ntlworld.com>

> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 11:10 PM

> Subject: Suspicious Email (KMM38527970V33783L0KM)

>

>

> Dear bardofely,

>

> Thank you for contacting PayPal.

>

> 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 by following

> the instructions below:

>

> 1. Go to /www.paypal.com/

> 2. Click on the Security Center at the bottom of the page

> 3. Click on "Report a Problem"

> 4. Select the Topic: Report Fraud

> 5: Select the Subtopic: Unauthorized use of my PayPal Account, and click

> Continue.

> 6. Follow the instructions to access the appropriate form

>

> If you have any further questions, please let us know.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> The PayPal Team

>

This warning brought to you by

Bard

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bbchris · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 11:34 am Post subject: Re: Fake PayPal warning

Thanks Bard!

They are also doing scams like that with ebay. So beware of emails from ebay asking for this and that...

Bardofely · Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 97

Chris, you're welcome! And I'll watch out for the E-bay ones too...I've probably deleted any that have arrived so far cos I look in Mailwasher and lots of obvious spam gets the blacklist, bounce and delete treatment! The Paypal fake got through cos it looked official!

Bard on Guard

droolymutt · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Fake PayPal warning

Thanks a bunch for posting that, Bard.......

Gotta be real careful with online finances....... - no joke...

4teetoo · Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 195

thank you, bard!

sometimes it's hard to be vigilant with this sort of thing, with all of the spam barrelling into our inboxes constantly.

mailwasher is a lifesaver, truly!

thanks again...

.smack.

:we

bbchris · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: Fake PayPal warning

What's mailwasher? And will it do my dirty dishes? :wtf