It is the second time this week i am receiving a spoof email from someone who"copycat" paypal website and ask you to verify info about your account... This one was so perfect that it is real scary!!! It comes from Paypal service and the logo of paypal is there. It looks like it really comes from paypal but it's not!!!! I contacted paypal and they wrote me back telling me it was a spoof email and several people got caught with that so please, if you get it, forward it to paypal or call them 'cause it is probably a fake email!!! That is scary 'cause it is hard to say it is not from paypal!!!
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Here is what it looks like...:
"Dear member
Our systems detected your user ID being used in Europe. At the moment we are trying to trace and resolve the provenience of this matter, so please get involved in helping us trace these bruteforcing attempts. Use the link below to access our mainframe database and confirm the information we have on file for your account.
(here there is a link, (that i wont post) and if you click you go to a fake paypal opening page and you have to login to continue, it doesnt look like a fake as it is exactly like the paypal home page but after i log, they asked me to verify all my personal info (bank account and credit numbers etc.) to make sure they have the same on their file... When i saw this, i stop and wrote paypal where they told me it did not come from them!! :scared )
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporarily suspend your account.
If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of PayPal policy to represent oneself as another member. PayPal is committed in assisting law enforcement with any inquires related to attempts to misappropriate personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft. Information will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to ensure that impersonators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law..
Thank you for your patience as we work together to protect your account.
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department"
Please BE CAREFUL if you ever receive anything like this!!!!
:scared
Here is what it looks like...:
"Dear member
Our systems detected your user ID being used in Europe. At the moment we are trying to trace and resolve the provenience of this matter, so please get involved in helping us trace these bruteforcing attempts. Use the link below to access our mainframe database and confirm the information we have on file for your account.
(here there is a link, (that i wont post) and if you click you go to a fake paypal opening page and you have to login to continue, it doesnt look like a fake as it is exactly like the paypal home page but after i log, they asked me to verify all my personal info (bank account and credit numbers etc.) to make sure they have the same on their file... When i saw this, i stop and wrote paypal where they told me it did not come from them!! :scared )
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporarily suspend your account.
If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of PayPal policy to represent oneself as another member. PayPal is committed in assisting law enforcement with any inquires related to attempts to misappropriate personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft. Information will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to ensure that impersonators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law..
Thank you for your patience as we work together to protect your account.
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department"
Please BE CAREFUL if you ever receive anything like this!!!!
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Anyhow, the spam website have the word paypal on it too and looks exactly the same! If there are so much of us who got these fakes, how many people got caught and gave confidential info in good faith? Hope Paypal and Ebay are REALLY investigating.... 