Paypal Scam

A PayPal scam just landed in my email account.
It came from a hotmail account. I wouldn't think PayPal uses hotmail.
It clearly wants me to click on the dispute link which is what you should never do.

I forward them to Paypal whenever I get them, haven't heard a thing from paypal and still get them about once a month.


Cheers Ean

I got an automated email from PayPay thanking me for reporting.
Really, the scam has nothing to do with PayPal. The scammers are just using their name.

I've had dozens of them and got the same automated response ...

Definitely doesn't hurt of forward them through to Paypal - gives them a little more to help track these mongrels down..

Between paypal, the banks and all the other scam emails the scammers must just spend all their time in front of the computer.


Cheers Ean

Ean, that's one reason some try and hack into other people's servers.... much more powerful than your desktop and capable of sending LOTS of emails...

Last compromised server I found had sent over 400,000 emails in the previous 24 hours... its a numbers game... they send that many out.. some sucker is bound to click a link...:angel:

We have been getting a lot of Australian Post scam Emails at work.
Something about You have failed to pick up a parcel, click here or we will send it back.

Pity they don't know that the local Post Office doesn't work that way, we are far more informal.

I just delete the Emails, get them once or twice a week.
Jonesfam

I get the Paypal one occasionally, asking me to confirm my account details etc. Have also had them saying that my Paypal account is "restricted" and threats to close the account.

I delete them all - I have never had a Paypal account and never intend to. I have only ever once come across a business that I intended to deal with who accepted payment ONLY by Paypal - I simply took my business elsewhere. ;)

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Originally Posted by jonesfam

We have been getting a lot of Australian Post scam Emails at work.
Something about You have failed to pick up a parcel, click here or we will send it back.

Pity they don't know that the local Post Office doesn't work that way, we are far more informal.

I just delete the Emails, get them once or twice a week.
Jonesfam

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The tricky thing is the Post Office does send out emails, but you don't reply to them - you go to pick up the item in person.

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Originally Posted by jonesfam

We have been getting a lot of Australian Post scam Emails at work.
Something about You have failed to pick up a parcel, click here or we will send it back.

Pity they don't know that the local Post Office doesn't work that way, we are far more informal.

I just delete the Emails, get them once or twice a week.
Jonesfam

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Just be aware that these are bad news because if you click on the link your computer gets frozen and you have to pay money to get it unlocked. Happened to a friend and it also froze the bios so that the computer was basically useless - even if a new hard drive is installed a backup information loaded. My friend had to buy a new computer.