OT Warning

[Ron]

Sorry for the OT but I know allot of you use Paypal, it is great I love it. But I got an email a couple days ago from Paypal accounts. It said to log on and verify some info. Well I will never follow a link in an email like that. It looked like the real thing from the "logon" button to the Paypal logo. But seemed a little odd so I forwarded it to Paypal and here is the reply

[ QUOTE ]
Thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can
confirm that the email you received; was not sent to you by PayPal. The
website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used
by
PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please do
not
enter any personal or financial information into this website.

If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this
fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal Account
and
change your password and secret question and answer information. Any
compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate
parties.

If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal
transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal by
following
the instructions below:

1. Go to https://www.paypal.com/
2. Click on the Security Center at the bottom of the page
3. Click on "Report a Problem"
4. Select the Topic: Report Fraud
5: Select the Subtopic: Unauthorized use of my PayPal Account, and
click
Continue.
6. Follow the instructions to access the appropriate form

[/ QUOTE ]

So be careful.

[fordnutz]

I got one too in the last couple of days and forwarded to paypal and got the same letter back. I also got one from ebay telling me some overseas customer had used my account so my account was frozen until I resent all my info. I logged on to ebay no problem so sent the letter along to them. These letters should be forwarded to spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com. for them to check out. Nutz.

[porknbeaner]

That crap is going around with just about everything these days.
I got one from my internet provider about a year ago.
This is my rule of thumb, I don't give out info over the phone to people who call and request it.
And the same goes for the internet.
The PknBner

[John B]

I keep getting those about PayPal as well. Funny thing, I don't even have an account with Pay Pal

[McGrath]

Its amazing how many ways a crook can screw you nowadays...