chris_smith
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 12:37 PM |
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paypal emailed this ....
what do you think is it real?
Dear valued PayPal member,
It has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and
to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records
you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension. Please update your records on or before September 10, 2008.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPal records click on the following link:
The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows."
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nick205
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 12:38 PM |
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.....erm NO!
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vinny1275
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 12:39 PM |
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don't click on the link!!
It's a phishing email
Real mails from Paypal will have your name / userid in it.
If you get emails like this, log into paypal from the home page you type in to see if you have any alerts from tehm. Ditto for ebay / online banking /
pretty much anything...
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 12:39 PM |
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I think suspect. don't they always say that organisations wil never contact you asking you to input information.
This has happened several times on various programs to do with on line fraud.
forward the email to paypal if in doubt.
Cheers
Nigel
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 12:39 PM |
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fake, paypal would never send you such a thing
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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chris_smith
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 12:41 PM |
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just as i thought thanks chaps, iv sent it to paypal spoof email and deleted
chris
The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows."
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RK
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 01:50 PM |
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You did the right thing. No bank or anything will send you anything of the like. Never.
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blakep82
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 07:33 PM |
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ha ha hover over the link, and look in the bottom left corner of IE. it goes to some real dodgy webside url
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IVA manual link http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?type=RESOURCES&itemId=1081997083
don't write OT on a new thread title, you're creating the topic, everything you write is very much ON topic!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/9/08 at 12:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_smith
Dear valued PayPal member,
No need to read any further than this line, it's very, very blatantly a spoof as Paypal never send emails with a generic title.
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