New Paypal E-mail Fraud

[Belson17]

Both my neighbor and I got fraudulent e-mails in the last couple of days that looked like they were from PAYPAL and said someone was trying to get into our account and needed us to "verify" info by following this link. DON"T DO IT!! Then call paypal. There's a place you can send those e-mails to.

[vicki2]

Yes, those are a b&*tch! There's similar one for AOL ...it works the same way. Just don't do it!

[Belson17]

A good rule is to never click a direct link. Always call the company first to confirm before you ever do anything!!

[vicki2]

It's possible to email them as well, which is pretty much a necessity for those of us not living in the U.S. I say just don't get in a hurry and check out direct links!

[OneofaKind]

I agree, don't click on the links, but use your usually route to access to site. If its geniune the information will be repeated on the site.

[Security]

The simplest way to spot a Paypal - or other phishing - fraudulent email, is to check who it's addressed to.

Paypal and banks known your account name, and will address you with it.

Paypal scammers don't have that info, so they send out a generic "Dear Customer" or similar.

So if it has your name in the email body, there's a good chance it really is for real.

However, I figure it's only a matter of time before the phishers get smarter and start associating names to account email addresses - it really isn't that hard - but I guess they're just going for volume first, and that we'll see the more specific targeting come up eventually.

[vicki2]

The pay pal phish scheme seemed to really hit email boxes this week. It's almost surprising in that it's the same scheme which has been around for so long ...even the same company name. Jeeze, they must get enough people who don't know about phishing that it's still viable.

[brian]

I get a lot of the eBay ones, too. Funny, because I've never used eBay for anything. Safely deleted.

[vicki2]

I use Ebay a bit, but the phishes which arrive for them are so much more obvious than the pay pal ones. The return addresses are so blantantly unconnected that it makes it really easy to delete them!

[papia]

If these fraudulent emails say to give your password, don't give that. Paypal never wants password for any reason.