Paypal Fraud
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I received this e mail from so called service paypal team asking to verified my paypal account.Well at first glance, It looks so original untill I suspect something different with the email. The add is service[@]pay-pal.com. This is what we call phishing email.
So immediately I try to log in to my paypal account and report it to paypal team at spoof@paypal.com .
Immediately, I received some appreciation reply from them.Well guys, better be extra careful when receiving suspicious-looking emails asking for your account. Please counter check with the relevant parties.
Dear Azlan Bin A.raof, Thanks for taking an active role by reporting suspicious-looking emails. The email you forwarded to us is a phishing email, and our security team is working to disable it. ------------------------- What is a phishing email? ------------------------- Phishing emails attempt to steal your identity and will often ask you to reveal your password or other personal or financial information. PayPal will never ask for your password over the phone or in an email and will always address you by your first and last name. Take our Fight Phishing Challenge at https://www.paypal.com/fightphishing to learn 5 things you should know about phishing. You'll also see what we're doing to help fight fraud every day. ------------------------- You've made a difference. ------------------------- Every email counts. By forwarding a suspicious-looking email to spoof@paypal.com, you've helped keep yourself and others safe from identity theft. Thanks, The PayPal Team
November 16th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
nice move you made. you didn’t only save your self but the rest of the community by doing what is right.
November 17th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Yup Rhyan, this kind of people only knows how to steal people password but dont know how to work for it.
November 17th, 2007 at 9:04 am
OMG, at first glance.. i didn’t notice the extra hyphen in between. Yikes, i think i would have clicked the link, that’s how susceptible i am to being scammed. X(
Uh, but even now.. i still feel like clicking that link just to see what they want. *smacks forehead* I don’t learn, do i?
BYE!
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
March 13th, 2008 at 7:30 am
You’ve done the right way. Fraud crime is increasing. We must be aware. Thanks for this post.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:30 am
This is really alarming. I also have my own fraud story… A different one, but similar… And I am thankful I was not victimized.
<a href="http://lifetrek.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/sort-of-email-phishing/">Sort of Phishing</a>
March 13th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Very nice post. This is true, we must be aware of every emails we received. And it’s great you decided to email Paypal first. Thanks!
March 15th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
sweet and karen,
thanks for coming
beware of this kind of email, they just wont stop
June 24th, 2008 at 8:40 am
I have read many blogs similar as this, but some of the emails they received is very obviously scams, but in your case it looks like the original email from paypal, which may victimized many innocent paypal users. very well decision. you really have to be sure in every step you made, especially in giving your personal informations to others. this may led to identity fraud, where, they will take your identity and pretend that they are you. we must be aware.