Thread: PAY PAL USERS BEWARE_ NEW SCAM

Yep I had the same the other day

Just deleted it...

Dodgy buggers out there

Me too - mine was supposedly a payment made to a name and address in Albury that did actually exist according to the phone book. Presumably the person whose contact was on the invoice was totally unaware of their role in the scam unless a few irate folks contacted them directly to complain.

Anyway, as with all of these things, I did delete the message, but also looked up the Paypal contact details on the relevant website and registered a complaint with their fraud section.

Cheers,

If you view message source, All headers then you find where it comes from, all the lastest scams for me have the same source, from japan

[I]have also received one of those emails a while ago. I just deleted it as I knew I hadn't made any payments on Paypal for a while. I have also received similar emails with Ebay letterheads wanting verification of details which appear suss.

I regularly get the email letters from African countries wanting to help get millions of dollars in funds out of the country. I always reply and agree to help them as long as they first Paypal US$10,000 to my email address as a gesture of good faith. Funnily enough I never hear from any of them again. Don't understand why. Such a small token payment for my invaluable assistance!

It's easier than that.

All legitimate PayPal correspondence will contain a greeting with the first name and last name you used when you registered your account.

If an email purporting to be from PayPal doesn't contain this name in the greeting it is a scam.


You'll never, ever get an email from PayPal simply starting with "You sent...."

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...stion5-outside

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"

This type of thing has been around a while. Important not to click on any links in the email. They are trying to vacuum up you password.

If worried, go directly to your paypal account (don't use the links in the emails - they are fraudulant . ) and check your transactions. You will find either:

1. you haven't made the transaction as purported and can relax or
2. if funds have been transferred out of your paypal acc then you can contact paypal directly from your paypal page.

I have only had a couple of things go wrong with paypal (ebay seller not sending goods, and another buyer screwing me around) both times paypal were all over it and sorted out my issues.

Paypal will always refer to you by name if they send you an email.

Just to clear a point please;
Does this email just arrive without you having purchased anything?

Originally Posted by ugu80

Just to clear a point please;
Does this email just arrive without you having purchased anything?

yes