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Posted by Jackson on Nov-25-2005 22:09:

Paypal email...is this Legit?

OK, My friend just recieved this email from paypal...i'm not sure if its real or not. Sounds like it could be a scam.....can anyone help me with this?
Heres the email:

quote:
Security Assistance

It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. Just update your personal records and you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records until November. 27, 2005 your account considered as suspension. Please update your records as soon as this email being sent.
Our system requires further account verification.
Once you have updated your account records, your session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to remain limited for an extended period of time may result in further limitations on the use of your account and possible account closure.

But at the moment he can log onto his paypal account with no problems. He's emailed paypal asking if its legit but has had no reply yet.

Posted by TigerClaw on Nov-25-2005 22:19:

Re: Paypal email...is this Legit?

quote:
Originally posted by Jackson
OK, My friend just recieved this email from paypal...i'm not sure if its real or not. Sounds like it could be a scam.....can anyone help me with this?
Heres the email:

But at the moment he can log onto his paypal account with no problems. He's emailed paypal asking if its legit but has had no reply yet.

Doesn't look legit to me, There are lots of email scams out there claiming to be from the actual sites, They would then point to a url, But if you move the mouse over it, you will noticed the URL is completely different from the one posted within the email, So beware, They might try to get your personal info, Or worst, Install a virus.

Posted by Jackson on Nov-25-2005 22:28:

ok, just found out the email link leads to:
http://1-workgood.ne1.net/

When u click on it, it looks exactly the same as Paypal. Is it just a mirror site? Or are paypal re-directing the URL?

Posted by kadomony on Nov-25-2005 22:29:

its redirecting. i got that email a while ago, ignored it. nothing happened.

log in to paypal thry paypal.com and see if they need any info.

Posted by Jackson on Nov-25-2005 22:39:

quote:
Originally posted by kadomony
its redirecting. i got that email a while ago, ignored it. nothing happened.

log in to paypal thry paypal.com and see if they need any info.

Yeah when he logs in to paypal everything is normal.

Posted by Boomer187 on Nov-25-2005 22:41:

pay pal will never ask you to do that. They won't ask you to click links either.

Posted by Absolut_Vodka on Nov-25-2005 22:42:

That website looks very suspicious. I wouldnt recommend logging in through it as its probably storing your email and password details.

Posted by StereoPrincess on Nov-25-2005 22:43:

nope.

not legit.

let me guess, there is a link in the email that leads you to a website that looks like paypal? but you will noticed slight differences especially in the URL address.

Posted by TigerClaw on Nov-25-2005 23:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Jackson
ok, just found out the email link leads to:
http://1-workgood.ne1.net/

When u click on it, it looks exactly the same as Paypal. Is it just a mirror site? Or are paypal re-directing the URL?

WTF!, Are you crazy, You could've infected your machine, NEVER OPEN SUSPECIOUS URLS! The coding on the URL could install a virus without you knowing. If you get an email with a suspicious link, Don't be stupid and open the link, Delete it imediately.

Posted by _Nut_ on Nov-25-2005 23:26:

quote:
Originally posted by TigerClaw
WTF!, Are you crazy, You could've infected your machine, NEVER OPEN SUSPECIOUS URLS! The coding on the URL could install a virus without you knowing. If you get an email with a suspicious link, Don't be stupid and open the link, Delete it imediately.

Dont use internet exploder. Have your browser run only activeX and jscript's from sites that you ok. Simple fix. Are you that paranoid?

Posted by TigerClaw on Nov-25-2005 23:28:

quote:
Originally posted by _Nut_
Dont use internet exploder. Have your browser run only activeX and jscript's from sites that you ok. Simple fix. Are you that paranoid?

This is exactly why I'm using Firefox more often the IE, It's safer to use since Firefox doesn't use activeX.

Posted by Sunsnail on Nov-25-2005 23:32:

Posted by prothoid on Nov-26-2005 00:24:

That website is a total fake. I opened the page source for that link and looked for the

tag for the login box. I noticed the action for the form is processing.php. I found out that the processing.php that it takes you is not on the paypal server, I make some bogus username and password, clicked login. It took me to a form with fields for pretty much everything you dont want people to know, social security, credit cards, all that stuff.

Someone should report this site, I dont know who to report it too though or I would have. This site is made to steal all sorts of information and your paypal username and password. STAY AWAY.

Posted by Arbiter on Nov-26-2005 01:21:

These kind of scams get the Arbiter stamp of approval. Anyone dumb enough to fall for them deserves to be defrauded.

Posted by igottaknow on Nov-26-2005 01:26:

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Originally posted by Arbiter
These kind of scams get the Arbiter stamp of approval. Anyone dumb enough to fall for them deserves to be defrauded.

What about that time you wired money to those Nigerians?

btw, the email looks legit send your info and see what happens.

Posted by A.J. on Nov-26-2005 01:43:

SCAM

I sometimes get similar emails from "ebay" asking me to verify my details, or else my account will be suspended.

The worst ones are the fake emails from banks that ask you to click on a link to verify your account details. As if they are ever real!

Oh well, stupid people still fall for it and they end up getting their bank account cleaned out

Posted by Xenocreator_PG_ on Nov-26-2005 01:52:

it's spam.

I get 3 or so emails like this a week. Just delete it! Freaken scam spam

Posted by dark_Omens on Nov-26-2005 15:26:

Definatly a scam. All paypal urls start with https://... When I get one like these, I sent a reply saying something like "fuck off" or "suck it" which then send an email to the real paypal, and notifies them about the scammers.

Posted by igottaknow on Nov-26-2005 16:42:

quote:
Originally posted by dark_Omens
Definatly a scam. All paypal urls start with https://... When I get one like these, I sent a reply saying something like "fuck off" or "suck it" which then send an email to the real paypal, and notifies them about the scammers.

yeah don't get mad get even. i posted something for sale. Some a-hole trys to scam me with fake postal order, so i reported him and got his gmail account suspended. revenge is so sweet.

Posted by djkoolaide on Nov-26-2005 16:45:

that's a definite scam. if you're ever unsure about these things, just call paypal (or whatever company) and ask them.