I'm sure all of you have received the e-mail someone in Nigeria has a bunch of money they would like to send you. Maybe not such a clever scam, but thieves sure are thinking up new ways to trick people out of personal information. There is a website called Snopes.com that debunks rumors and urban legends. The first time I used it was to check on this e-mail about the missing Ashley Flores. I have since received this e-mail 3 more times over the years and fortunately Ashley is still not missing. Be careful. If you think it is a scam it is likely a scam.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Paypal Spoof E-mail
Today I received and e-mail supposedly from Paypal stating that my Paypal account had limited access because someone had tried to break in to my account. Would I please click on the e-mail link to take care of the problem. Being the suspicious person I am, I instead contacted Paypal and found out it was a fake e-mail. Paypal does not send e-mails to you with links requesting more information. I also noticed the e-mail did not reference any of my e-mail addresses.
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Chris, thank you so much for all the information. From now on I will think twice before opening an e-mail where I am not sure if it is true. I am glad there was nothing wrong with your account.
Thanks for alerting us about this scam will be useful as I go about setting up an etsy shop.
I've had that e mail too. I had just been on Paypal so I knew it was fake. Good of you to let people know.
Thank you for the reminder! Paypal has had several groups sending out fake phishing emails. I delete everything I get from them.
Hi Chris, thanks for doing a post on this. That darn scam has been around and around, but it still startles me when I see it. Just lately in my corner of WI, the thing my email box has been a letter from "----- Bank" saying that my account has been tampered with. And they are using bank names that are actually IN our area. Luckily I'm more suspicious than some(part of being older I suppose, I don't think as fast as younger people) but I knew for sure I DIDN'T have an account with Citizens Bank, so I deleted it. Wish there was some way to let the banks know this is going on right NOW, in our area. I'll check out your link Snopes. Hugs, Finn
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