Attempted Paypal Fraud

[napavalleysnakes]

Just a heads up. I received this e-mail 2 days ago, and since I now question about anything asking for account information, forwarded it to Paypal:



from:[email protected]

Dear PayPal valued member,

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of your paypal
account we have issued this warning message.

It has come to our attention that your account information
needs to be updated due to inactive members, frauds and
spoof reports.

Please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and
renew your records so you will not run into any future problems
with the online services. However, failure to update your
records will result in account suspension.

Once you have updated your account records your PayPal
account service will not be interrupted and will continue as
normal.

Please follow the link below and login to your account
and renew your account information:

http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Sincerely,
PayPal customer department!

This notification expires on the 4th of August, 2004.



Here's Paypal's (the real One) response:

from: [email protected]

Dear Napa Valley Snakes,

Thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can
confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal. The
website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used by
PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please do not
enter any personal or financial information into this website.

If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this
fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal Account and
change your password and secret question and answer information. Any
compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate
parties.

If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal
transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal by following
the instructions below:

1. Go to https://www.paypal.com/



2. Click on the Security Center at the bottom of the page



3. Click on 'Report a Problem'



4. Select the Topic: Report Fraud



5. Select the Subtopic: Unauthorized use of my PayPal Account



6. Enter your question in the 'Summarize your question in one
sentence' box



7. Click Continue



8. Follow the instructions to access the appropriate form

We are continually improving our customer service to accommodate members'
needs and can be contacted via secure webform at
https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=default.

If you are unable to log in to your account, please contact us using the
webform at https://www.paypal.com/ewf/f=default.

This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User Agreement,
either PayPal Inc or PayPal (Europe) Limited. PayPal(Europe) Limited is
authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the UK as
an electronic money institution.


Sounds as though more "fishing" is occuring to separate us from our funds

Thanks, Stephen Emerick

 

[Neverending]

Thank you for posting this..N/P

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[mouseman]

Hi. I am mouseman's wife & have over 1200 feedback on Ebay. There are all kinds of these fraud emails going out. Forward them WITH HEADERS to [email protected].

 

[mouseman]

Apparently I was supposed to sign my full name. My apologies. I thought it automatically showed over < when posting. I see the "show signature" below so I hope I did it right this time.

Carl Vail is logged in. Message is from Linda

 

[Lucille]

I have gotten two or three Paypal spoofs over the last couple months, they ask for either a password or credit card number, I just forward them to the spoof address at Paypal.. Neither Paypal nor Ebay will ask for stuff like that.

 

[DAND]

I received an e-mail requesting verification of my information or my account would be closed days after opening my pay-pal account. Makes you wonder how good their security is when things like this happen.

 

[The BoidSmith]

Did anyone get the one on the "class action" against PayPal? Is that for real?

Thanks.

 

[Tim Rash]

I recevied the class action one too.
I never had a problem with them so I deleted it
Tim Rash

 

[DAND]

Did anyone get the one on the "class action" against PayPal? Is that for real?

Thanks.

Yep, I got it too.

 

[Dragondad]

yes

The class action suit is real. The problem for most is you have to have been a victim of them taking money or holding money and be able to prove it to get your settlement.

I have been a member of paypal for 6 years and never had a problem but I know that others have and this is the effort to put it all behind them.

 

[toadellen]

ebay and paypal spoofs

I get spoof e-mails from paypal and ebay almost daily. A real P.I.T.A.!!!! The paypal one says that a new address has been added tp my acct,"laptopseller". The ebay one is that my acct is about to be suspened and wants all sorts of info. All BS. I forward all to the respective "spoof" depts. None address me by name and that is my first clue. They are addressed generically.