Today I receive an email that looks like it is coming from PayPal Security department.
It alarm me that they have detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to my PayPal account.
This is a very clever scare tactics that prompt many to click on the link and submit their password.
It’s a scam, so be careful.
Bellow is the actual email I have received:
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Subject: PayPal Security Updates
From: PayPal Service service@paypall.com
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Johnny’s Note: they spell the paypall.com wrongly
I suppose they type too fast
You can find another Paypal Scam email here
Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:
Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:
Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.
Reference Number: PP-768-312-588
This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.
Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.
Click here to activate your account
Johnny’s Note: I have removed the link. Note that the link actually lead you to a site: http://www.mp3ex.lt/paypal
We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologise for any inconvenience..
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
Copyright 1999-2008 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal Ltd. PayPal FSA Register Number: 226055.
PayPal Email ID PP6344
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Additional: The email has a side bar that has the following information:
Protect Your Account Info
Make sure you never provide your password to fraudulent websites.
To safely and securely access the PayPal website or your account, open a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in the PayPal login page (http://paypal.com/) to be sure you are on the real PayPal site.
For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at https://www.paypal.com/us/securitytips
Protect Your Password
You should never give your PayPal password to anyone.
Johnny’s Note: I believe this part is copy from Paypal email. This message is a good advice. But I wonder if anyone read it.
It someone does read it, will they click the link in that email then? This can be a clever tactic to make the scam email looks more “real”
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End of the paypal email scam.
So folks, be careful when you received any email that mention it is from paypal.
Especially email that prompt you to login to a page provided in the email. What you see might not be what the actual link is.
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Just becareful with Paypal because I got a bad news today. Out from nowhere Paypal have decide to block me from using it. They suspect there’s some kinda of illegal transaction, between me and my buyer. I’m kinda annoyed with the statement as I even have all the shipment tracking info. Now they want to hold all my payments for at least 15 days!
They really give a stab on my nerves! This is the 2nd incident that I face with them. After this, no chance I’l going to use Paypal again.
I have heard similar issue before about Paypal. But it is widely used as a payment method on the internet. I just have to put my fingers cross and hope that this will not happen to me.
There are still many other payment gateways around. You can try 2Checkout.com