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just recieved an email supposedly from paypal
john_p_b - 24/12/06 at 04:19 PM

email reads as follows:


quote:

Dear valued PayPal member,

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of your paypal
account we have issued this warning message.

It has come to our attention that your paypal account
has been inactive for some time, and your information
needs to be updated.If you could take 10 minutes of your
time to renew your paypal informations, you will not run
into future problems using our services.

Please update your records on or before Dec 27, 2006.
A failure to update your records may result on a suspension of your account.

Please follow the link below to login and renew your account
information

www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?=verification

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Management Department



now something here is telling me this isn't right.

1. they are saying my account has been innactive for sometime. it's been less than a week sinse i last used my account.

2. if they are that bothered then why isn't the email actually addressed to me rather than being a generic "dear valued member"?

there's on way i'm clicking that link and entering my details. if i'm wrong and it's genuine then fine i'll gladly be proved wrong but what's everyone else think?!

chockymonster - 24/12/06 at 04:21 PM

Answers to 1 and 2.
Because it's a scam.

gingerprince - 24/12/06 at 04:21 PM

That link will actually point to somewhere different and phish for your account details. Paypal would never send out such an email anyway, but as ever with these things simply log into the website directly (by typing paypal.com into internet explorer) and logging in manually. That way you know you're on the right site and if there's a message for you (unlikely!) you'll see it there.

john_p_b - 24/12/06 at 04:27 PM

just logged into paypal the proper way and nope nothing came up.

why can't ppl get proper jobs insted of spending time ripping off other ppl!

Macbeast - 24/12/06 at 04:28 PM

You know the Monty Python song - "Scam, scam, scam scam..."

Delete and ignore.

zxrlocost - 24/12/06 at 04:39 PM

do you know the funny thing ebay/paypal ramble on about not answering links in emails

AND THEY DO ACTUALLY SEND emails saying login here

like when a dispute arises

Peteff - 24/12/06 at 05:29 PM

They always include the last 4 digits of my card number in anything they send me along with the full email address and name I have registered with them.

roadrunner - 24/12/06 at 07:48 PM

It's a propper email really, it wont cost you a penny,
P.S. only joking.

MikeRJ - 24/12/06 at 08:07 PM

The poor grammar and awkwardly constructed sentences give it away instantly.

If scammers ever learn to spell and to string words together in a coherent manner things could get messier.

Confused but excited. - 24/12/06 at 08:30 PM

Genuine Paypal e-mails refer to you by your login name. If it doesn't it's a spoof.
Spoof e-mails refer to you as " Dear member" because if you answer it, you're a prick!

zetec7 - 24/12/06 at 11:44 PM

Definitely!!!!! forward it to PayPal - they actively pursue (and prosecute, when possible!) people who do this kind of crap. In the U.S., the FBI even get involved in internet scams, and they REALLY prosecute!

Hellfire - 25/12/06 at 12:55 PM

It's obviously a concerned member of the public making sure you're protected against kn0bheads like the very person that wrote it all...

Still, they only have to get one gullible paypal member and it's been worth their while...


Steve