Paypal Scam

[TinyTim]

Just to let you know there are a lot of fraudulent emails doing the rounds purporting to come from Paypal

These state that you have forgotten your password and have a link for you to recover it

Dear Member,
 
You indicated that you have forgotten your PayPal password.
 
Click the link below to verify this email address and other information:

(I'm not putting the link here)

Thank You
 
Yours sincerely,
PayPal
 
 
 
 
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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD
 
NEVER give your password to anyone, including PayPal employees. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.
 
 
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Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.
 
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PayPal Email ID PP316

The text on these is huge.

Now I sure haven't asked for a password reminder recently - so be warned ! 

[Mudlark]

Had one myself the other day Tim — reported it to PayPal


One of the securities I have in place is to have a dedicated email address for PayPal which I use for nothing else.



Scams come to me on my normal emails alerting me to the fact that it is a scam

[CupCake]

These scams have been going around for years - as have millions of others. Simple rule is if you have even the slightest of doubts, delete it 

[TinyTim]

very true but I've not been getting this specific one before so thought I'd remind everyone just to be safe 

I've heard people say if it's from Paypal it must be genuine - NOT SO I'm afraid 

[shaun74]

thank's for the head's up i will keep my eye out for that one.

[lockelamorra]

 

[suttie]

i had one of these a few months ago thought it didnt seem right so got in touch with paypal and they were aware of it,if anyone gets one of these just delete it and get intouch with paypal