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Warning - E-mail Scam

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Mar. ~ 2005 May: Warning - E-mail Scam users admin

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Azriel
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, February 18, 2005 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got an email today from Paypal. It looked all official. It started out like this -

Dear Paypal Member,
Your account has been randomly flagged in our system as a part of our routine security measures. This is a must to ensure that only you have access and use of your PayPal account and to ensure a safe PayPal experience. We require all flagged accounts to verify their information on file with us. To verify your Information at this time, please visit our secure server webform by clicking the hyperlink below


(Yeah, right. Wouldn't you just love it if I clicked on that link and gave you my personal account information)

If you receive an email like this, it is a hoax! It looks very official and it even has warnings on it about how to protect your Paypal account from fraud!!!! But, don't let it fool you.

A REAL email from Paypal will always address you by first and last name. It will never address you as "Paypal Member". A real email from Paypal will never ask you to click on a link within the email. If it is really from Paypal they will ask you to log into your secure account for further instructions.

If you receive this email forward it to spoof@paypal.com and then DELETE it.


Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Friday, February 18, 2005 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've been getting "phishing" email from "huntington bank"

I believe it is also of this type and you need to delete!

Melfie1222
Member

07-29-2002

Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
There is some good info on this site:

http://www.antiphishing.org/index.html

You can click on Phishing Archive to see screenshots of some common phishing emails. On the home page there is info on how to report any emails you have received.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
New spam alert I just discovered - I received an e-mail that looked just like a notification from BlueMountain.com to retrieve an eCard from their site. The links are actually linked to a server in New York where I suspect they are logging valid e-mail addresses through this scam. The look like the standard bluemountain.com links, even including the eCard number to manually retrieve.

As a precaution for this type of scam, always roll your mouse over any links and look at the status bar at the bottom of your browser. You should see the actual site where the link will take you. If it doesn't match the link displayed, DO NOT CLICK.

PS: Renaming this thread to 'E-Mail Scams' for more generic notices such as this.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Dra! Glad I saw your post.

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got two last night from a paypal scam saying to click on a link to verify my account stuff because my account was having activity in Europe and if I didn't, it would be suspended temporarily. I called Payal to verify it (the link address could NOT have been any more real looking)- I felt it was a scam and never click on links from emails but I wanted to be sure. I changed my password at PayPal while I was at it. The woman I tralked to said both were fake.