Pay Pal Scam Do Not Be Fooled

[Inspiron 0]

The topic title should say alot.

 

For those who are using Paypal, do read this:

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

 

Also, I'd like to highlight the following, which is also the most common mistake that users doesn't check before clicking the link provided in the email.

On hovering my mouse over the link that the sender wanted me to click I found that it was a really odd address - it SHOULD have started with https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/home

This page shows a scam paypal page. Watch for it's differences.

http://www.fightidentitytheft.com/paypal_scam_webform.html

 

Here's another point to take note from http://www.fightidentitytheft.com/

1. Only enter your PayPal password on pages where the URL begins with https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/home. Even if the URL contains the word 'PayPal', it may not be a PayPal webpage.

 

2. These "spoof" websites try to imitate PayPal in order to obtain your PayPal password and access to your account. Spoof websites we encountered in the past have included: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/, https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/home, and http://www.paypalsecure.com/.

 

3. Some spoof websites will send emails that pretend to come from PayPal to entice you to log in at the spoof URL. Be especially cautious of emails that direct you to a website asking for sensitive information such as your password, credit card, or bank account information. Remember, you can recognize a spoof email if it suggests that you log in to a URL that does not begin with exactly https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/home.

[antwill 0]

not that i use pay-pal but thanks for the heads up, I will probably not use pay-pal as i dont seem to trust it, as i think its dangerous as people can hack it easily and have yet to be convinced otherwise.

Edited March 19, 2006 by antwill (see edit history)

[Razor 0]

Meh...you get those e-mails even if u dont have paypal lmfao...before i was a member of paypal a few years back i got scam e-mails etc..which does proove that they are bs....Meh i dont think i would get tricked into it...its people who are not so pc friendly that would be vurunable to this..but ive always wondered how they can make their e-mail to be an "@paypal.com" do they hack it or somthin ? unless anywayone can do that and i dont know how to lol .

[Laos 0]

Yeah, scam sites are common, games like Runescape give lectures 24/7.You should watch yourself often to make sure you arnt ending up giving ur credit card number and etc. away like in a pop up, it could ruin your life permnamently

Edited March 19, 2006 by Laos (see edit history)

[BOAW 0]

yeah i heard that pay pal really sucks or something i wusnt sure why when i was told that...theres even a website about how bad pay pal really is...i think its.. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ or http://www.paypalsucks.com/ im not sure im too lazy to even check lol

[gameratheart 0]

...And this is just one of the reasons why Paypal sucks. Lol. But I'm not kidding. Paypal scams are all-too-common nowadays, with the spam emails as shown here. The problem has been made wrose recently, with Paypal falsely claiming transactions to be "not legitimate" in certain occasions. Many people have had friends use paypal and their account has been terminated, so when they recieve email saying there's something wrong with their account, they believe it.Do not, repeat, DO NOT trust PayPal!And BOAW, the link for that website is http://www.paypalsucks.com/

Edited March 20, 2006 by NDPA (see edit history)

[FLaKes 0]

I got one of those scam emails around january. It said that I had to update my paypal records for security reasons and some other bs. At first I wasnt too sure about it, I mean, why would paypal want me to update my records if I havent changed my address or something, so I was suspicious and I searched around the letter. I went to paypal (not through the email, I entered the actual https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/home) and logged into my account and did not notice anything that had to do with the email. So I went back to the email and checked the link and it was a IP direction instead of paypal, so I immediateley forwarded it to paypal. They look very real though.

[Cool_Freaker 0]

I've gotten several of them, though I've never used Paypal. Not to mention I've received emails from banks I've never had accounts with asking for detail confirmation. I suppose for the uninitiated it's possible to be tricked - I find GMail's phishing filter rather accurate and picks up almost all of them though

[trace-uk 0]

I'm always very wary of emails sent from phishers saying paypal account closed etc. the real paypal only send you several predictable emails 1) when the account is set up 2) when you do something i.e. send money or get money.

[Joe2Chance 0]

but ive always wondered how they can make their e-mail to be an "@paypal.com" do they hack it or somthin ? unless anywayone can do that and i dont know how to lol .

It´s VERY EASY, all you need is Outlook Express and a pop/smtp account!!!


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