need advice about paypal

[Judy Hamilton]

I received this ..and do not know if it is legit
and I have not used paypal for a couple of years

please advise if i should respond

Thanks Judy

Attention PayPal Online Client:

You have received this email because we have strong reason to believe that your PayPal account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your PayPal account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.

Please login into your PayPal Online account and complete verification process

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you for your cooperation as we review this matter.

[Bob Woolley]

Judy,

Sounds very familiar to an email I received not too long ago and I don't have a PayPal account.

Let me ask you this question? Why would you think that your account is fraudulent? Has there been any transactions within the account that you did not make lately? I think you need to read between the lines..."fraudulent" seems like a tip off to me. They wouldn't email you for sure, but call you on the phone.

Once you give them any private information, then they are on their way to access your account.

I had an email the other day saying they would give me a nice prize for taking part in a survey on a well know company. I was to fill out all my information and they would forward me the survey to complete and my nice prize would be in the mail. They are getting smarter all the time....don't fall for such tactics!

[Bob Wright]

I get tons of these kinds of emails and ignore them. Go directly to their official site and contact them through it if necessary. The people who send these emails are trying to get customer passwords, account numbers, IDs, personal info; you may be led to a fake website and asked to login, and if you do, then they can go to the real account and plug in the info you provided and they have full access to your account. Paypal has warned their customers about such unsolicited emails.

[Glenn Harris]

Paypal wouldn't send you that type of an email. The key to determining if it is a scam is how the email is worded. If they give you a link to click on on the email to log into your account, it's a scam. The link may say anything in the world, but the real link is set to some crooks website that will steal your information.

[John Kennedy]

Ya know....I looked at the heading, read the 'l' as a '!' and thought someone was attempting to get some counsel on issues arising from "papaya!"

Not being a great fan of papaya, I naturally wondered why anyone! would need help in dealing with it - as Nancy Reagan so often admonished us, "Just say NO!" Of course, some people may need to do that with paypal, also.

Ah! The ravages of age.

[Judy Hamilton]

Gentlemen thanks for the advice and the chuckle John

I have not used Paypal in eons and the card I had with them is expired

so I have no fears of some one using my credit card

Judy

[Dave McClung]

Gentlemen thanks for the advice and the chuckle John

I have not used Paypal in eons and the card I had with them is expired

so I have no fears of some one using my credit card

Judy

That email is called "phishing" and it is an attempt to get your Paypal user name and password. If you had clicked on the link they provided, it would take you to a site that looks legitimate. When you tried to log in, you would get a message that an error had occurred, but the fake site would have captured your username and password.

I get at least one of those a week.

[Barbara Moulton]

If it doesn't use your registered name it definitely isn't legit.

[Dana Grant]

Judy,

As I was instructed by PayPal the first time I received an email such as this,

forward it to spoof@paypal.com

They are trying to trace the emails back to the original sender.

Cut and paste the address information in the body of your email to spoof@paypal.com

This also goes for people who get phishing emails from ebay, as well. The address to forward it is spoof@ebay.com


Hope that helps.

[Gina Stevenson]

Just got another one of those PayPal phishing things ... two of them, in fact, so forwarded them to PayPal. Got a quick reply that they were right then trying to shut the place down wherever it was it came from.

The ones I got indicated that I'd not used my account in awhile, then it suddenly says something re someone had just tried [so, was it really me?]. THEN it said to send them my info, they'd investigate, and then let me know whether or not my account would "be reinstated."


So, I said, "Aha!" and checked the phony email address that popped up when I clicked "reply." Then I did "forward" instead, and sent it to PayPal, mentioning that it didn't seem that anyplace that still had some of your $$$ could decide "IF" you could still have an account there ... & then take your $$$? Nope!

So, continue being careful. They keep trying new ways to phish.

[David Molle]

no offense to anyone, but anyone on the net who
has to ask about these scam emails, seriously needs
to consider educating themselves about the spamming
process and logical steps to take.

again no offense to anyone, BUT the brutal truth is,
if all you do is delete the mail,
then you are part of the problem.
please be part of the solution and take these steps everytime.

1. on a fake looking email, send it to abuse@whoeversentit.com
or spoof@whatevercompanyit'sfor.com
2. submit it through spamcop.net with full headers.
3. right after you learn how to see full headers.

It does do some good. many have gone to jail and many more
will as well if we refuse to be victims and become part of the solution.

[Mark Bolerjack]

does Nazmail have a spoof/abuse email address? I am getting email from myself using my nazmail address as the sender.

[Meghan Schoonover]

no offense to anyone, but anyone on the net who
has to ask about these scam emails, seriously needs
to consider educating themselves about the spamming
process and logical steps to take.

again no offense to anyone, BUT the brutal truth is,
if all you do is delete the mail,
then you are part of the problem.
please be part of the solution and take these steps everytime.

1. on a fake looking email, send it to abuse@whoeversentit.com
or spoof@whatevercompanyit'sfor.com
2. submit it through spamcop.net with full headers.
3. right after you learn how to see full headers.

It does do some good. many have gone to jail and many more
will as well if we refuse to be victims and become part of the solution.

David, it's possible to be helpful and educational without talking down to people. I commend Judy for going somewhere trustworthy to ask for help.

[Gina Stevenson]

David, it's possible to be helpful and educational without talking down to people. I commend Judy for going somewhere trustworthy to ask for help.

Yes, I, too, sensed a condescending tone in the reply. Think back, David, to when you were not just new to the internet [I remember when I was], but maybe new to anything that involved money. Had to be on several years before I even dared get into any financial things on-line!

So, anyway, welcome to NazNet, but do, please, be careful. :cool:

[Gina Stevenson]

does Nazmail have a spoof/abuse email address? I am getting email from myself using my nazmail address as the sender.

That's what I mentioned awhile back was happening to me ... I was getting mail in Yahoo, as tho' I'd sent it to myself from the Nazmail box, and it definitely was not from me, but spam.

[David Molle]

David, it's possible to be helpful and educational without talking down to people.
which to avoid that possibility is why I started my post with
"no offense to anyone"

but consider this
my post may have just saved someones life savings,
their son or daughter from a predator
or their net business from being put out of business.

That is internet reality. It's not something I'm going to
address while concerning myself with being nicey nicey
or if someone is going to pass judgement on my
writing style without knowing the writer

[Gina Stevenson]

but anyone on the net who has to ask about these scam emails, seriously needs to consider educating themselves .......

Sorry, but I guess [maybe not just me] it was easy to overlook the "no offense" when seeing: "anyone on the net who has to ask (emphasis mine, gs) ..." seemed to come across as, "You dummy! You shouldn't even be having to ask ...." I guess .... :rolleyes:

[Judy Hamilton]

Thanks Dana for this site

Judy

[Meghan Schoonover]

which to avoid that possibility is why I started my post with
"no offense to anyone"

<snip>

That is internet reality. It's not something I'm going to
address while concerning myself with being nicey nicey
or if someone is going to pass judgement on my
writing style without knowing the writer

I'm simply asking you to be considerate of how you're coming across. That's all. :) When prefacing something with "no offense BUT" it's pretty much a prescription that you might want to rethink your wording. Tone is hard to convey online so I've found it best to err on the side of gentleness.

[Paula Karr]

"no offense BUT".

As that great psychologist Dr. Phil often says, "You know what the word 'but' means in the middle of a sentence? It means, 'forget everything I just said, now I'm going to tell you what I really think."

I really don't think any offense was meant; however, I do agree that the tone came across as a little brash. To give credit where credit is due, though, it was good information!

Paula

[David Molle]

I post information in the best interest of the target audience
and yes my style is in your face, harsh and brutal.
brutally fact and experience based with complete honesty.

it seems there are those who would rather have this scenario
play out given the choice,
1. that man although he doesn't look like a criminal,
has what appears to be gun pointed at us and I think
he said give me all your money or I'll shoot.
do you think we should inquire with him as to be sure of his
intentions and be prepared to apologize in case
he doesn't really mean it and it's not a gun and
he's just a guy in a dark alley with a really long
dark coat and hat on that points unknown objects
at people and yells at them, give me your money?

or my way
HE HAS A GUN. SHUTUP AND RUN NOW! CALL 911

your way.
you all be a bunch of dead people.

It's no wonder internet criminals continue to be so successful
with nearly a decade old scams.

[Gina Stevenson]

Well, since you put it that way ... y'all reminded me of the Nashville restaurant shoot-out. When someone yelled, "Get down!" we didn't ask questions [having seen/heard a gun, anyway, tho' we were a bit stunned, so the yelling helped, methinks], but just hugged the wall, with our heads down on the booth bench, trying not to scream.

Just hadn't tho't, however, of internet "stuff" being so immediately dire as that gun scenario, that one had to use a brusk manner to get the message across. That's all. ;)