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Has my paypal account been hacked??

by secrets2010
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on My recent transactions from my paypal account ...there is the following transaction:

29 Sep 2010 Dear Sir, Please send money by check in my account I join marketing more funding options very day. sincerely Mr 29 Sep 2010
Dear Sir, Please send money by check in my account . I join marketing more funding options very day. Bill From Pending Details Bill From Choose action1
Pay $5.000,00 USD
$5.000,00 USD


there there is a link to pay $5,000

Also I get the email coming from servicio@paypal.es

which is the real paypal adress in spain..

Has this ever happened to you?
#account #hacked #paypal
  • Profile picture of the author Caleb Spilchen
    Dude,

    Why would PayPal send you a link to pay them,w hen they could just withdraw it from your account. The from address has been faked. Do not click the link, forward it to your local PayPal Fraud Dept.

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  • Profile picture of the author globalpro
    PayPal would never address you as 'Dear Sir', they will always use your full name. That's a dead giveaway that it's not PayPal sending you the email.

    I always forward mail like that to spoof@paypal.com

    Thanks,

    John
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  • Profile picture of the author Colin Palfrey
    Send it to spoof@paypal.com

    The reason this happens is because of the lack of security within the email system.

    You can put anything in the "From" field, and I think this confuses people as you can't using a free email address.

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  • Profile picture of the author Jeremiah Walsh
    be careful with those types of emails. One click and you could find your account cleaned out.
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    • Profile picture of the author secrets2010
      The problem is that also appears when I login on paypal on recent transactions... as a pending transaction with following details:

      type: bill from
      payment status: pending
      and on Order status/Actions: theres a link to pay 5.000
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      • Profile picture of the author davewebsmith
        Originally Posted by secrets2010 View Post

        The problem is that also appears when I login on paypal on recent transactions... as a pending transaction with following details:

        type: bill from
        payment status: pending
        and on Order status/Actions: theres a link to pay 5.000
        This means that someone has sent you a bill - that you need to action
        hence the Pending

        someone using the .es email address has sent you an invoice

        dont do anything other than send this to the support dept / report it to them

        make sure to do not agree to pay this account
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      • Profile picture of the author Thomas
        Originally Posted by secrets2010 View Post

        The problem is that also appears when I login on paypal on recent transactions... as a pending transaction with following details:

        type: bill from
        payment status: pending
        and on Order status/Actions: theres a link to pay 5.000
        They're 'chancing their arm': It's the same as if someone sent you an invoice by regular snail-mail saying you owe them $X, so kindly pay up. (That happens too, and some people pay up, even if they've never heard of the person demanding money).

        In this case, send the details to PayPal. And, if you're worried, change your PayPal password (on a secure computer).
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        • Profile picture of the author secrets2010
          Originally Posted by Thomas View Post

          They're 'chancing their arm': It's the same as if someone sent you an invoice by regular snail-mail saying you owe them , so kindly pay up. (That happens too, and some people pay up, even if they've never heard of the person demanding money).

          In this case, send the details to PayPal. And, if you're worried, change your PayPal password (on a secure computer).
          Do they really make money by doing this? And nothing happens to them so that they can keep on doing this again and again...

          And then you hear stories about someone sued because he didnt have proper disclaimers or whatever...
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          • Profile picture of the author davewebsmith
            Originally Posted by secrets2010 View Post

            Do they really make money by doing this? And nothing happens to them so that they can keep on doing this again and again...

            And then you hear stories about someone sued because he didnt have proper disclaimers or whatever...
            The world is full of loop holes and technicalities that we as normal citizens wont ever know about ... yes some people never check what they are paying ... here in the uk recently - very well known online stores have been caught adding items to customers carts before checkouts - illegal? unethical? profitable? lawyers are slick ...

            you have been conned - someone wants to con you out of your money ... reports it ... simple
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  • Profile picture of the author davewebsmith
    Just a simple Google search - last one is a sample of the scam email from the scammers ...

    paypal invoice scams - Google Search=

    Scam Watch: Invoice PayPal Scam Explained + Example Computer Savvy's Weblog

    What is an “THE INVOICE PAYPAL SCAM“ ? This scam is where a bunch of blanket e-mails are sent out (Example below) where is looks like a legit Paypal invoice but missing the name you registered with. Meaning it just says DEAR PAYPAL MEMBER instead of Dear John Doe. The current version I have been getting is an invoice for an APPLE iPod Touch 16gb. the Invoice gives you all the information you’d expect but only I never made the purchase. So then IF YOU DID NOT MAKE THIS PURCHASE press THE DISPUTE TRANSACTION LINK (Encrypted)….
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    • Profile picture of the author secrets2010
      Originally Posted by davewebsmith View Post

      Just a simple Google search - last one is a sample of the scam email from the scammers ...

      paypal invoice scams - Google Search=

      Scam Watch: Invoice PayPal Scam Explained + Example Computer Savvy's Weblog

      What is an “THE INVOICE PAYPAL SCAM“ ? This scam is where a bunch of blanket e-mails are sent out (Example below) where is looks like a legit Paypal invoice but missing the name you registered with. Meaning it just says DEAR PAYPAL MEMBER instead of Dear John Doe. The current version I have been getting is an invoice for an APPLE iPod Touch 16gb. the Invoice gives you all the information you’d expect but only I never made the purchase. So then IF YOU DID NOT MAKE THIS PURCHASE press THE DISPUTE TRANSACTION LINK (Encrypted)….
      Well the email I received said Dear and my complete name (with the 2 spanish surnames) so this guy probably knows my name...
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  • Profile picture of the author Caleb Spilchen
    someone sent your paypal address a bill. That's why it shows up dude. It's called the invoicing system at paypal. You need to accept the bill to pay it. Which is why it came from the service address.

    If it says pending, click on cancel if you can. Or else call PayPal.

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