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Another possible scam?
Dick Axtell - 13/12/13 at 01:17 PM

Just received email purporting to come from PayPal - but their email address isn't quite correct. They give "paypal@e.paypal.co.uk", which ain't the same as any other email I've had from PayPal.

Anyone else received similar email from PP?

mark.s - 13/12/13 at 01:22 PM

Not from paypal

But have started receiving text messages with "ebay" as the sender from the text message, saying to log in to your paypal to claim your
gift of £500 compliments of ebay

There's some clever buggers about

Be careful all

Mark

[Edited on 13/12/13 by mark.s]

twybrow - 13/12/13 at 01:29 PM

I regularly get these Paypal type emails. They are devious little barstewards! The common one I see is there the l of Paypal is actually a 1 - from a quick glance, everything looks spot on, but check closer and you can see you are being had!

Just forward the email to spoof@paypal.com and actual Paypal will deal with it.

MikeRJ - 13/12/13 at 02:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mark.s
Not from paypal


e.paypal.co.uk is a valid PayPal domain, the 'e' is simply a sub-domain. A fairly reliable check for Phishing emails is whether the email is generic e.g. "Dear Paypal customer" or actually includes your name, spelt correctly.

BenB - 13/12/13 at 02:42 PM

Paypal also always address it to you personally. Indeed the non phishy e-mail I got from them today even went as far as saying "we will also address you by your actual name, if you are in any doubt please delete the e-mail and log in manually". Sage advise.

David Jenkins - 13/12/13 at 05:08 PM

I've started getting regular emails from paypal, offering a chance to download a monthly statement. My view is:

* I think it is genuine - they do show my full name - but I'm not going to chance it. Instant deletion.
* I simply don't need a monthly statement, as I can go on-line to get one if necessary.

I don't know why they're bothering, as it just winds up people.

Scuzzle - 13/12/13 at 07:54 PM

I had the Paypal one a couple of weeks ago and also got an Amazon one last night with tracking details for my order. It looked really convincing and luckily I knew I was not waiting on anything from Amazon.

If it's something that could be genuine I never click the link in the e-mail, I always shut it down and log in to the site from a fresh browser, if it genuine any messages will be there.

Dick Axtell - 14/12/13 at 10:08 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Scuzzle
If it's something that could be genuine I never click the link in the e-mail, I always shut it down and log in to the site from a fresh browser, if it genuine any messages will be there.

+1

coozer - 14/12/13 at 08:12 PM

I get these and ignore them, I also get loads of other bank type stuff that I always delete.

I ignore everything from banks and other financial stuff and phone calls as well.

Slimy38 - 14/12/13 at 10:10 PM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I've started getting regular emails from paypal, offering a chance to download a monthly statement. My view is:

* I think it is genuine - they do show my full name - but I'm not going to chance it. Instant deletion.
* I simply don't need a monthly statement, as I can go on-line to get one if necessary.

I don't know why they're bothering, as it just winds up people.


It is a genuine thing, they put it in place a while back. But just in case they get hijacked/copied I don't use any of the links in the email, and just log in directly.

Smoking Frog - 14/12/13 at 10:55 PM

quote:

If it's something that could be genuine I never click the link in the e-mail, I always shut it down and log in to the site from a fresh browser, if it genuine any messages will be there.


Good advice, I'm always telling my family never ever click a link in a e-mail, you can always go directly to the site using the correct URL. Do they listen? Couple of years ago the wife must have click a fake paypal link, couldn't understand way she had no money in her account a couple of days latter.