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I have recieved a number of emails recently asking me to verify my paypal account. Now, I have been looking into paypal as I want to sell some stuff on ebay but cant remember if I actually created a paypal account. Is this just some evil ploy to get people's paypal account details out of them or could it be legit and I need to verify an account I cant remember creating. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
99% sure that it will be a phishing scam. I get them all the time and I've never had a paypal account. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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I have recieved a number of emails recently asking me to verify my paypal account. Now, I have been looking into paypal as I want to sell some stuff on ebay but cant remember if I actually created a paypal account. Is this just some evil ploy to get people's paypal account details out of them or could it be legit and I need to verify an account I cant remember creating. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
Suzanne Boyle wrote: Is this just some evil ploy to get people's paypal account details out of them Yes. Totally bogus. I get them for not only PayPal but a couple other things too. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
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I have recieved a number of emails recently asking me to verify my paypal account. Now, I have been looking into paypal as I want to sell some stuff on ebay but cant remember if I actually created a paypal account. Is this just some evil ploy to get people's paypal account details out of them or could it be legit and I need to verify an account I cant remember creating. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
I have a PayPal account and they NEVER ask to verify the account. Nor does anyone else on this earth. So, yes, it's a scam. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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I have recieved a number of emails recently asking me to verify my paypal account. Now, I have been looking into paypal as I want to sell some stuff on ebay but cant remember if I actually created a paypal account. Is this just some evil ploy to get people's paypal account details out of them or could it be legit and I need to verify an account I cant remember creating. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
Yes, it's a scam. You can check by viewing the source of the email, you will notice that the link they ask you to click on does not go to paypal. Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams.
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I have recieved a number of emails recently asking me to verify my paypal account. Now, I have been looking into paypal as I want to sell some stuff on ebay but cant remember if I actually created a paypal account. Is this just some evil ploy to get people's paypal account details out of them or could it be legit and I need to verify an account I cant remember creating. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
There is a simple test:
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"verify [any] financial account"
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phishing scam
No financial organisation on earth will ever ask you to verify your account information online via an e-mail. If you need to do it they will send you a letter in the post and still never ask for sensitive account information (they already have it it).
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I have recieved a number of emails recently asking me to verify my paypal account. Now, I have been looking into paypal as I want to sell some stuff on ebay but cant remember if I actually created a paypal account. Is this just some evil ploy to get people's paypal account details out of them or could it be legit and I need to verify an account I cant remember creating. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
Whenever asked for anything like this, go to your browser and type the URL (or use a saved favourite/bookmark if you're confident that you haven't had any spyware that might have changed it). For PayPal the start page is https://www.paypal.com. You should try HTTPS pages first if they work (my bank does not provide a simple, memorable HTTPS URL). Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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I have recieved a number of emails recently asking me to verify my paypal account. Now, I have been looking into paypal as I want to sell some stuff on ebay but cant remember if I actually created a paypal account. Is this just some evil ploy to get people's paypal account details out of them or could it be legit and I need to verify an account I cant remember creating. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
This is a scam. PayPal explains on their site that they never will send an e-mail asking for account information. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements. -- Peter Gibbons
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I have recieved a number of emails recently asking me to verify my paypal account. Now, I have been looking into paypal as I want to sell some stuff on ebay but cant remember if I actually created a paypal account. Is this just some evil ploy to get people's paypal account details out of them or could it be legit and I need to verify an account I cant remember creating. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
I get one for paypal a week, and one for my bank a month, and one for every other bank that I don't have an account with as well. Your best bet is just to forward the paypal ones to spoof@paypal.com and you will get an email back verifying what everyone else has said. It is a phishing scam. and yes, banks and financial institutions do NOT contact you via email. Email is considered public, not private, communication. They will call you, they will mail you, but they will not shout across the office room where you work at, nor email you. Some banks offer voluntary "notice" emails, that you sign up for (approaching last $100 in account, for example), these are usually encouraged to go to SMS phones. And they are intended as one way information that you have requested. If you are ever worried, call your bank/paypal via an 800 number (or local branch number) that you already know, or visit your own bookmark for a financial institution (or type it in, do not follow links in email). _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I get one for paypal a week, and one for my bank a month, and one for every other bank that I don't have an account with as well. Your best bet is just to forward the paypal ones to spoof@paypal.com and you will get an email back verifying what everyone else has said. It is a phishing scam. and yes, banks and financial institutions do NOT contact you via email. Email is considered public, not private, communication. They will call you, they will mail you, but they will not shout across the office room where you work at, nor email you. Some banks offer voluntary "notice" emails, that you sign up for (approaching last $100 in account, for example), these are usually encouraged to go to SMS phones. And they are intended as one way information that you have requested. If you are ever worried, call your bank/paypal via an 800 number (or local branch number) that you already know, or visit your own bookmark for a financial institution (or type it in, do not follow links in email). _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote: Your best bet is just to forward the paypal ones to spoof@paypal.com I'll do that, thanks. I should have known this but I started recieving the emails at the same time I was looking into paypal. The timing seemed a bit of a coincidence. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote: Your best bet is just to forward the paypal ones to spoof@paypal.com I'll do that, thanks. I should have known this but I started recieving the emails at the same time I was looking into paypal. The timing seemed a bit of a coincidence. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
Here is paypal's official "how to spot a fake" it is also reasonably generic in most places that it also applies to other emails. I am just in a habit of macro-forwarding to paypal since they set up an email to receive them, and others deleting. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/general/SecuritySpoof-outside[^] _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I have recieved a number of emails recently asking me to verify my paypal account. Now, I have been looking into paypal as I want to sell some stuff on ebay but cant remember if I actually created a paypal account. Is this just some evil ploy to get people's paypal account details out of them or could it be legit and I need to verify an account I cant remember creating. SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
I have received emails from Paypal asking me to update my credit card number (when the old one expired) but they NEVER provided a link for me to click through. They just told me to log in to PAypal and update my details. That is the benchmark I would apply sort out phishing scams from genuine requests. Though it wouldn't surprise me if someone comes up with a scam that entices you to log onto your genuine Paypal or other financial website for some reason then monitors your keystrokes to get your login info. Haven't heard of that yet though. Just don't click any links at all in emails you don't trust completely and you should be reasoinably safe. Steve T