Heads up for PayPal users

Jory Simmons · Post by **Jory Simmons** » 11 Apr 2006 8:01 am

I've been getting emails from guys wanting to buy My Blonde Pro 1...well it is not for Sale! and now on a sour note:I'm sorry if this is not the proper place for this but I wanted everyone to see this.I'm sure many of you who use payPal get bogus email from paypal saying to up-date your personal info??? Well most of these are Scams from somebody trying to get your Bank or credit info.... NEVER open anything that says its from PayPal UNLESS the email address' you in person....For Instance " Hello Jory Simmons". Hope this helps some of you not to get scammed! Jory[This message was edited by Jory Simmons on 11 April 2006 at 09:02 AM.][This message was edited by Jory Simmons on 11 April 2006 at 09:03 AM.]

Randy Reeves · Post by **Randy Reeves** » 11 Apr 2006 9:31 am

Jory. a good heads up. I have received many of those alerts from paypal.

also, be aware that credit card scams work the same way.
I have received an equal number of alerts from my credit card compnay. upon checking with the compnay Ive learned they were indeed scams.

it is becoming hard to believe anything these days.
paypal, Chase bank, Santa, Easter Bunny, Bush.
the list is endless.

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 11 Apr 2006 9:58 am

Anytime you get a request that appears to be from PayPal and you suspect it MAY be legit, rather than clicking the link in the message, log into your PayPal account and update your personal info or whatever is asked. Most of those requests send you to a site that is NOT a PayPal site at all. Hover your mouse over the link and look CLOSELY. Most of them do not go to paypal.com, but to a 'spoofed' URL that may include 'paypal' in the text but does NOT take you to PayPal.

Caveat Emptor

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Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 11 Apr 2006 10:56 am

I usually get a couple of these a day. I forward them to spoof@paypal.com. If they are legitimate, Paypal will send you a reply telling you so.

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Matthew Prouty · Post by **Matthew Prouty** » 11 Apr 2006 11:07 am

Just to add a note here. This is a technique called Phishing. It is common across the board from Banks to Paypal. Watch out for them from anywhere.

M.

Bobby D. Hunter · Post by **Bobby D. Hunter** » 11 Apr 2006 11:50 am

Just a reminder to SGF members, if you receive what appears to be a blatant scam email pertaining to items you have posted for sale on the SGF, I would appreciate it if you would forward those emails to me as attachments (not plain old forwarding). If you are using hotmail via your browser it will not allow forwarding as an attachment, but it does provide options that let you reveal the full incoming headers. Once you can see the headers of a scam email, forward it to me. The same goes for Yahoo! browser-based users; set your options to display the complete headers, then forward them to me.

Thanks again to all who have contributed to helping me keep scammers off the SGF.

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Keith Cordell · Post by **Keith Cordell** » 11 Apr 2006 12:19 pm

These are also really common. I get them for banks I never heard of. Paypal ones come daily, Ebay ones almost as often.

Mike Archer · Post by **Mike Archer** » 11 Apr 2006 12:33 pm

thats why i dont use pay pal or e bay
mabe i can keep out of harms way
but thanks for the heads up

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 11 Apr 2006 1:14 pm

Even if you don't use e-bay you are still subject to getting the phishing messages. They don't include your name, which is another clue that it's a phishing message.

I get them for banks I dont and never have dealt with, too.

Chuck Hall · Post by **Chuck Hall** » 11 Apr 2006 2:19 pm

How about the newest ones. In really bad english

"I have paid for your (non exsistant)item when are you going to send it to me? I will report you to non payment blah blah" or

"I would like to buy your (non exsistant)item please tell me where you want me to send the money blah blah"

Any legitimate communications with either Ebay or PayPal will be in you account summary on their respective sites. And, by the way, I don't have a Chase card so I can't be compromised? And I don't want to look for you an 8 room flat to stay in while you are in my country???

Still, I bet a lot of folks continue to fall for these scams. If not they would quit comming.

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Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 11 Apr 2006 8:50 pm

Those spoofs hav nothing to do with either eBay or Paypal - even non-member get them sometimes. It's not a reason NOT to use them.

I get them from "Chase"...and I've never banked with them. But it wouldn't keep me away, because it has nothing to do with Chase.

FWIW when you DO get those eBay or Paypal ones, do as suggested and forward them to spoof@ebay.com (or paypal.com - same company). they hav a department of people that works with authorities chasing down the spoofers, and they can't stop 'em if they don't know about them.

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 12 Apr 2006 2:25 am

It's never a bad idea to keep this topic fresh and hot.

I especially love the emails I get that start with..

"Thank you for your purchase. Please log onto our site to check the status of your order "

Another piece of free advice, change the passwords on your financial accounts often.