Paypal Email Scams
The other day, I received an email from an email address that claimed that they were from PayPal but it went to my SPAM. It was telling me that there was an unauthorized credit card usage on my account. It went like this, I’m copying the message below
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Dear PayPal user,
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:
We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card use associated with this account. As a precaution, we have limited access to your PayPal account in order to protect against future unauthorized transactions.
Case ID Number: PP-859-350
This is a reminder to restore your account as soon as possible.
Please download the form attached to this email and open it in a web browser. Once opened, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.
In accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement, your account access will remain limited until the issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, if access to your account remains limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations or eventual account closure. We encourage you to restore your PayPal account as soon as possible to help avoid this. 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 apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review DepartmentPayPal Email ID PP859350
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I went to Paypal.com to check my account if this was true or not. Definitely, this is a SCAM. Good thing I didn’t follow the instructions and went through the paypal website to check how to detect Scams.
Q: How can I protect myself from PayPal fraud or scams?
A: PayPal is dedicated to fighting fraud and scams. You can help protect your account against PayPal scams by being cautious in giving out your own personal information such as first name, last name, business name, email address, password, financial information (credit card, bank account number, PIN), social security number, and driver’s license number.
Tips to stay safe from PayPal fraud or scams:
Log in safely: To log in to your PayPal account or access the PayPal website, open a new web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in the following: https://www.paypal.com/Check the email greeting: Emails from PayPal will always address you by your first and last name or the business name associated with your PayPal account. A PayPal scam email may include the salutation “Dear PayPal User” or “Dear PayPal Member”
Look out for attachments: PayPal emails will never ask you to download an attachment or a software program. An attachment found in a PayPal scam email will often contain a virus that can harm your computer or compromise your PayPal account
Never give out personal information: If we require information from you, we will notify you in an email and request that you enter the information only after you have safely and securely logged in to your PayPal account.
Often, PayPal scams will request details such as your full name, account password, credit card number, bank account, PIN number, Social Security Number, or mother’s maiden name.
To learn more about protecting your PayPal account and spotting PayPal fraud or scams, please review our Security Tips.
If you believe that someone may be using your account without your permission, please contact us immediately.
I have yet to send an email to Paypal to alert them about this bogus message. That’s why we need to be careful to ensure that our confidential information doesn’t get released without much thought.
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what I normally do is forward the spams to spoof@paypal.com.
You can check out this link…
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing/securitycenter/antiphishing/PPPhishingReport-outside
That’s all I do and then they will send me an email back appreciating the effort I did for reporting the phising emails. Let’s all be vigilant and combat these scammers!
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Thanks for sharing your experience. Too often do I receive these same type of scam emails. I learned a while back how to spot the signs of a scam. Unfortunately, you can’t stop scammers but you can help stop people from being scammed which is why it’s so good you made this post. I’m sure someone who hasn’t gone through this experience before can benefit a great deal from it.
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doi: thanks for the tip. let’s all be alert!
tara: no prob! I received another set of paypal email scams actually. sometimes when you have too much stuff on your email, you tend to lose your sense of being alert in making sure that what you read is legit.
Thanks for sharing. I have also received such an email from paypal. But, I’ve learned to never open an attachment to an email because they often have viruses attached. For this reason, I use google docs to send and/or receive as often as possible.
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ey, not a problem. let’s all help each other ward off those spammers as well as those fakes!
Thanks for your info. I have one of these email in my inbox as we speak and something told me to do some research first before updating. I also sent your info to my son who buys from ebay quite often using pay pal…thanks again!