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Subject: Suspect Paypal Mail

Maxidyne opened this issue on Apr 01, 2015 · 9 posts
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Maxidyne ( ) posted Wed, 01 April 2015 at 9:32 AM · edited Mon, 23 December 2024 at 3:11 AM

Hi all,

I got an email claiming to be from Paypal today asking me to click on a link as my account was being investigated for suspect activity and they need my details. This raised alarm bell as first off I don't have a Paypal account and second it was addressed to "Dear valued and trusted customer". Checking the PP site they say all mails will be sent to your name.

This is just to say be aware of any mails claiming to be from Paypal.

Xavier_Leggett ( ) posted Wed, 01 April 2015 at 9:42 AM

Indeed, I received a couple of those emails as well--didn't open them.  The "Dear valued and trusted customer", is a major alarm bell going off!  Along with the fact that I have multiple email accounts and the account this email was sent to isn't in my PayPal account.

--Xavier

hornet3d ( ) posted Wed, 01 April 2015 at 1:14 PM

Indeed, I received a couple of those emails as well--didn't open them.  The "Dear valued and trusted customer", is a major alarm bell going off!  Along with the fact that I have multiple email accounts and the account this email was sent to isn't in my PayPal account.

--Xavier

I think I average one a week, they go straight to the spam folder, the only reason I know I still get then is I check the spam folder on a regular basis just in case it has trapped a genuine email.  They often threaten that my account will be suspended, I have news for the spammers, I have not used the Pay Pal account for almost four years.

 

 

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Vaskania ( ) posted Fri, 03 April 2015 at 1:25 AM

Check the header info and block the email address it's originating from.

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Khai-J-Bach ( ) posted Fri, 03 April 2015 at 6:07 AM

standard "phising" email. about a billion of them are sent out a minute from various sources all round the world, to every email addy possible.. (as well as lists of known emails, think aaronAAarvark@aaa.com, aaronBAarvark@aaa.com and so on).. your ISP does filter them out, but a few get through from time to time. 

blocking originators won't work, since they are forged anyway. 

just delete and ignore... 


Maxidyne ( ) posted Fri, 03 April 2015 at 7:57 AM

I must have been lucky so far as this was my first.

I do however get the regular scam calls claiming to be Microsoft certified technicians.

Ravyns ( ) posted Fri, 03 April 2015 at 11:07 AM

I have so much fun with those Microsoft calls.  They get really excited when you let them think you're interested.. LOL ..

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Maxidyne ( ) posted Sat, 04 April 2015 at 5:36 AM

Same here I usually string them along for a while if I have the time. I figure that if they are talking to me they are leaving a potential victim alone for a while.

Vaskania ( ) posted Sat, 04 April 2015 at 6:32 PM · edited Sat, 04 April 2015 at 6:35 PM

I had to spend some time on the phone with my mom who's completely PC illiterate (and prone to anxiety for the tiniest things) after she had one of those calls. He had her do the ASSOC in CMD to get the CLSID, but she was unaware that this CLSID isn't unique. I ended up having to let her remote into my desktop so she could watch as I did the same on my own PC. That way she could see that it's the same number and she was fine. Luckily she didn't let him get any further than that. Her WTF meter went off and she hung up on him. lol

She's learned since that MS will never call you, and nobody should ever ask for a password or anything.

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