PayPal SCAM! Attention Warriors!

11 years ago

When I looked at the message, I would not be treating it seriously.

The word 'customer' is already mispelled. Also the heading 'Will be closed Your Account...". I spotted syntax error. Another thing is the return path or where it was from (member@payple.com).

This kind of email is not the first time I've seen. Thanks for the warning.

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Paul Myers

11 years ago

Originally Posted by elasticbuffoon

The word 'customer' is already mispelled. Also the heading 'Will be closed Your Account...". I spotted syntax error. Another thing is the return path or where it was from (member@payple.com).

This is easy to say if English is your first language, or if you're familiar enough with it to spot the problems. For a lot of Paypal customers, that isn't the case. The syntax errors could easily be missed.

Paul

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Olen 11 years ago

Good rule of thumb is what Paul was saying above. I make it a habit to never click on anything from a money site in an email no matter who sends it or how official it looks.
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ejohnny39

11 years ago

thank you for this great info

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Amazing Dave

11 years ago

I mean no offense to anyone, BUT, if someone has actually fallen for this trick, they should stop using the Internet right now. If you just take a 2 second look at that email, you clearly see it's completely FAKE.

Thanks for the heads-up anyway!

~ Dave

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11 years ago

I have received the similar emails.

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Paul Myers 11 years ago

First off, Paypal will ALWAYS include the name on your account in the salutation. If it says "Dear customer," or anything like that, it's 100% fake.

Having the account name in the salutation doesn't guarantee it's legit, but if it's missing, just delete the email.

Never log in from a link in an email. When you log in to Paypal (or any similar service) always type the URL in or go from a bookmark. And make sure you use the https log-in link.

If there really is an issue with an account, there will be a note within the account page that will bring it to your attention.

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Stephen and Jennifer

11 years ago

Probably from Nigeria or Ghana? Clearly a scam due to the bad spelling and not mentioning your name?

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Michael Levanduski

11 years ago

Thanks for the heads up. Always good to be reminded of these things!

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Teravel

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Amazing Dave

I mean no offense to anyone, BUT, if someone has actually fallen for this trick, they should stop using the Internet right now. If you just take a 2 second look at that email, you clearly see it's completely FAKE.

Thanks for the heads-up anyway!

~ Dave

I think you give humanity far to much credit. Most people see "Your account will be closed" and they click through without a thought. This is why threads like this are created, to show what the actual scams look like.

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

First off, Paypal will ALWAYS include the name on your account in the salutation. If it says "Dear customer," or anything like that, it's 100% fake.

Having the account name in the salutation doesn't guarantee it's legit, but if it's missing, just delete the email.

Never log in from a link in an email. When you log in to Paypal (or any similar service) always type the URL in or go from a bookmark. And make sure you use the https log-in link.

If there really is an issue with an account, there will be a note within the account page that will bring it to your attention.

Paul

100% True, and I want to add that their emails will ALWAYS come from the Paypal.com domain.

This type of scam is known as Phishing, where the sender is attempting to gain personal information for malicious reasons.

I suggest you report the senders email by visiting Incident Reporting System | US-CERT , though this service may be down like the governments DNC services.

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Daniel Evans 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Teravel

I suggest you report the senders email by visiting Incident Reporting System | US-CERT , though this service may be down like the governments DNC services.

That task would be an incredible burden to bear since emails are either fake or belonging to hijacked domains and as mentioned, they flow as regular as clockwork.
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mgsmith

11 years ago

Though the email can be easily marked as scam due to its misspelled word, doubtful email address and subject, there are others who don't pay attention that much to details and of course this is still a great reminder for them to check the email very carefully. Thank you for posting this!

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heavysm 11 years ago

As previously mentioned the fact that it says dear customer rather than your name is the first red flag. It's even lamer for the fact that customer is misspelled LOL
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OnlineAddict

11 years ago

You must be new on internet, because these emails come on a regular basis, different templates and tricks, but they have been here since paypal exists.

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awledd

11 years ago

I entered fake password and it received it - logged in etc... some 4 yrs ago.

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clever7

11 years ago

How could this message pass the spam filter? I have received numerous similar messages, but they go directly to the spam folder.

When I was a newbie I used to forward them to Paypal… but later I stopped wasting time with this matter.

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rmolina88

11 years ago

I've been getting these fake emails for YEARS and they're always sent to my trash.

Although I'm surprised how many people legitimately fall for them...

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nadal619

11 years ago

I have received a lot of those emails , they try to scare you by saying that your account is closing , but always looks up at the sender email and you will find it is not from Paypal.

Thanks Art for sharing this with everyone

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Magicpollux

11 years ago

Thank you to let us know. If you receive an email addressed to "Dear Paypal member" or some formulation like that be awarded. A real Paypal communication will address his email with your real name.

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RobLevin

11 years ago

A general rule of thumb, is that Paypal says is that it is a fake e-mail if your real name isn't used

Dear John = Real
Dear Customer = Fake

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Paul Myers

11 years ago

Rob,

A general rule of thumb, is that Paypal says is that it is a fake e-mail if your real name isn't used

Dear John = Real
Dear Customer = Fake

That is VERY bad advice. I have received fake Paypal emails that used my name in the salutation.

The surest way to avoid problems from these is to only log in to Paypal using this URL:

Code:

https://www.paypal.com

Always use the best anti-spam systems you can get. Keep your anti-virus and security software up to date. And, even with that, never log in from a link in an email. Even then, you're not 100% protected, but it would reduce the odds of getting successfully phished by a LOT.

Paul

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datingworld

11 years ago

Originally Posted by RobLevin

A general rule of thumb, is that Paypal says is that it is a fake e-mail if your real name isn't used

Dear John = Real
Dear Customer = Fake

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Rob,That is VERY bad advice. I have received fake Paypal emails that used my name in the salutation.

The surest way to avoid problems from these is to only log in to Paypal using this URL:

Code:

https://www.paypal.com

Always use the best anti-spam systems you can get. Keep your anti-virus and security software up to date. And, even with that, never log in from a link in an email. Even then, you're not 100% protected, but it would reduce the odds of getting successfully phished by a LOT.

Paul

I have seen fake emails coming from bank with my full name in salutation... the best way is said by Paul is to open a new browser and type in the URL there yourself rather than clicking on the link provided in the email...

The best advice I can say is that whenever you receive any email from bank, paypal or any thing like such and even if it is 100% real and genuine email, Still Do not click on the link provided in the email. Always open new browser and type the URL yourself. Make it a habit and you will be safe from lots of unseen troubles.

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SocialSEOs

11 years ago

Thanks for alerting us about this scam. These scammers are getting more & more clever each day. That email had a lot of red flags in it that people with a trained eye could easily catch. But for those who are naive to this type of phishing, they really better wisen up or get GOT!

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Tim3

11 years ago

Help the world by reporting these emails to Paypal.

The address is spoof@paypal.com

They will not reply to you, but you can bet they will take action on them.

Send them the original message but most importantly the email header,
if you don't know how to find the header for your email,
a quick Bing search of 'how to find email headers for [add your email client]
will give you the info

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11 years ago

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laurencewins

11 years ago

The best idea, as others have said, NEVER click a link if it is related to anything financial. If it's supposedly from Paypal or your bank, log in the correct way and if there really IS a problem, you will see it. There are so many fake Paypal emails that they're easy to spot. Even if you don't spot them, just don't click the links or log in anywhere except from the correct url.

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ElijahM

11 years ago

I get these types of emails all the time. Some of them are more "realistic" than others. Some are pretty darn good. They state that my account has been suspended, that there is unusual activity, etc. I always mouse over the link without clicking on it to check the URL.

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Cali16 11 years ago

Per PayPal's site, the best thing to do with these phishing emails is to immediately forward them to "spoof@paypal.com".
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timpears

11 years ago

Unbelievable as it may seem, some folks fall for this type of scam. I feel aorry for them as scumb like this should never be allowed to succeed and cheat these people. But it happens, and so it continues.

PayPal told me some years ago that they had 200 people in their fraud department to deal with stuf like this. I had someone break into my account and steal $7,000 out of my bank account. I got it back eventually, but it was a real hassle.

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ThatsReallyAwesome

11 years ago

Maybe someone should make a Facebook SCAM! Attention Warriors! thread. As I get a few fake notifications from "facebook"

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xpesos

11 years ago

lately i have been getting plenty of them, they even have named their email account as "member@paypal.com" so when you check out their email that will come out to be slightly different from the real one
Crazy thing, well i think a lot of people would be falling to them

Originally Posted by artflair

Hey Warriors!
I just received an email from 'member@payple.com' , pretending to be representing PayPal and sending me a link to follow and log in to PayPal with in order to clarify what the 'unusual activity' on my account was!
Obviously it is a Scam, don't fall for it!

Art

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11 years ago

Thanks for the FYI!

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fred67

11 years ago

I absolutely 'never' reply to anything official through E-mail links - I can't believe people still do that.
If you are associated with the product/service concerned simply log in to that service from your usual source (favourites etc) as if there are any notifications to worry about they will be flagged up after login