Thread: Paypal Scam

Hi yes we get it saying that we bought something, and is this correct. Different shipping details etc. We are get email from ANZ saying that we did a transaction was this correct, please log on to confirm detail.
We do not bank ANZ, it comes up as some just type it up not ANZ colours.
Boy they are getting hard up these scamers. Heather

OMG a Paypal scam virgin!!!!
I didn't think there were any left in the World.
I get 10- 20 a day junk emails. Dunno why.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by Ausfree

I have received an e-mail supposedly from Paypal saying my account has been reviewed and is now limited. They then ask for credit card details passwords etc, so they could update my account (yeah right).

When the email started with "Dear valued customer" alarm bells started to ring and when they wanted credit card details I knew it was a scam so I have reported it to Paypal (the real one) who are investigating it.

Anybody else here get an e-mail like this??

I had exactly the same email a couple of weeks ago. It was worryingly well done, some will fall for it, I just reported it as spam.
Chris

They happen all the time.

Never click an email link to go to a site like these.

If in doubt, log in via your browser and direct address...

Originally Posted by Ausfree

I have received an e-mail supposedly from Paypal saying my account has been reviewed and is now limited.
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Anybody else here get an e-mail like this??

Yes, I got the same one a couple of times this month.

I just deleted it.

I got an email from paypal wanting to confirm my credit card account. I didn't reply.
They did say if I didn't, paypal would stop working for me. I received a reminder. Deleted it.
Paypal stopped working. It turns out it was genuine. Got in touch with paypal, spoke to a person who told me it was genuine.
Easily solved.


If you get an email from paypal, report it. 99.99% of the time it will be a scam. 0.01% of the time it just may be paypal.

Probably from the Nigerian arm of PayPal

Martyn

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I got an email from paypal wanting to confirm my credit card account. I didn't reply.
They did say if I didn't, paypal would stop working for me. I received a reminder. Deleted it.
Paypal stopped working. It turns out it was genuine. Got in touch with paypal, spoke to a person who told me it was genuine.
Easily solved.


If you get an email from paypal, report it. 99.99% of the time it will be a scam. 0.01% of the time it just may be paypal.

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